CATERINA…
On a freezing day in mid-December I presented myself to the Chief Police Commissioner of Ancona. Dr. Spanò was my old boss. I had returned to the base, but I was there just to deliver the envelope containing my request for maternity leave.
"I’m happy to have you back with us, Dr. Ruggeri. It’s better to have a precious individual like you here in the area on maternity leave, rather than knowing you were assigned to a Police District so far away. Thanks to your new rank, I have a special job in store for you. We don’t have a Homicide Section here in the Marche. Seeing how you fared in the investigation up in Triora, and because of the considerable increase in crime in our areas too, I’ve decided to open the Section here in Ancona, which will cover the entire region, and you’ll b
