Chapter 24
Determining information had arrived from the coroner: there was no trace of adrenaline in Attilio Corona's corpse, which should have been there, in the case of suicide, because of the stress which immediately preceded it, especially when killing himself in such a cruel way; and as the anatomo-pathologist's report said, adrenaline should have been present even if the architect was murdered if he had realized what was about to happen to him, that is, if he had seen the killer brandishing the razor ready to cut his throat. One could only think that it was an unexpected death.
"... therefore", Sordi had concluded his written report to the public prosecutor Trentinotti, "it is the opinion of this office that Attilio Corona did not commit suicide, but was killed by someone by surpr
