Murder in Milan
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Clementina is bored, and a nice murder is just the thing to shake up her life.
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It's a rainy November in Milan, and Clementina has been spending her time at the office staring out of the window and wondering why everything is always so boring and pointless. Then one day the CEO of her company gets murdered, and his British wife, who is the main suspect, hires Nora Smith, a travelling detective from London, to come and find out who really killed her husband. Nora starts her investigation at the office, and finds an unexpected helping hand in Clementina, who can't believe something exciting is finally happening to her.
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