Verasani’s Nowhere Fast Published

Italica Press announces its next title in its Italian Crime Writers Series.

 In this second book in the PI Giorgia Cantini series, she investigates the disappearance of Vanessa Liverani, a high-class call girl. There Giorgia uncovers a sordid world of prosperous businessmen, doctors, and lawyers who hire prostitutes for private sex parties. 

Much of Nowhere Fast takes place in Bologna and among the sandstone cliffs of Contrafforte Pliocenico Natural Reserve. But even there, Giorgia fails to find an idyllic existence as she gets to know Vanessa Liverani’s family, whose troubled lives remain rooted in the traditions and rhythms of rural life. Between these two worlds, Vanessa’s young son Willy is trapped, surrounded by family but tragically on his own. 

Meanwhile, Giorgia herself struggles between memories of her unruly and joyous youth and the bitter realities of her adult life. For Giorgia, growing up is a layer of ice slowly spreading over our ability to have strong feelings and authentic personal lives.

Introduction, first English translation. 192 pp.