Valerio Varesi Books in Order

A missing bargeman and a hospital death lead Soneri through the flooded Po Valley. Despite resistance from local river workers, he pursues a connection that reaches into wartime violence and resentments still shaping the community.

Soneri returns to his mountain village for a quiet holiday, only to encounter rumors surrounding its dominant salami-making family. A body found in the woods draws him into financial scandal, family conflict, and the community’s troubled history.

Amid a chaotic motorway pileup near Parma, police discover a burned body unrelated to the crash. Soneri investigates the murdered Romanian woman’s connections to wealthy lovers, uncovering secrets concealed beneath the city’s respectable surface.

The murder of a Parma guesthouse owner forces Soneri to revisit the place where he courted his late wife. As evidence unsettles cherished memories, he uncovers corruption and secrets that make the investigation painfully personal.

In a snowbound Parma consumed by corruption, Soneri faces three mysteries: an abandoned phone, a missing hospice patient, and a vanished mayor. Untangling the cases threatens to expose the interests driving his city’s decline.

Asked to close an unresolved case involving an unidentified body in the Po, Soneri instead reopens the investigation. With his lawyer partner’s help, he confronts river communities whose silence protects criminals and conceals the victim’s identity.