Igor De Amicis,  Paola Luciani

The Ultimate Truth

Adventure
Thriller

An intricate puzzle to assemble, clue after clue.

Arthur is a boy who is mad at the world. Since his father abandoned him, everything seems to be going wrong: school, friendships, his relationship with his mother. But one day, coming back home he finds the police and the investigators tell him a whole new story. His father never left. He never abandoned him. He was killed… and the killer is his mother. What remained of Arthur’s world collapses in an instant, but the boy is unwilling to believe their words. He flees, covers his tracks and, aided by two loyal friends and a purple-haired girl, begins a frenetic investigation to uncover the truth. But someone is scheming in the shadows and is determined to stop that boy… at any cost.

  • A story for children and adults who are passionate about mystery, crime novels and fast-paced investigations. An adventure for those willing to seek the truth at any cost.
  • A crime novel with compelling and menacing noir overtones. A story that also addresses the difficult theme of adolescent introspection, of the difficulty of expressing your own emotional distress.
  • A story of mystery and escape, a frenzied race in search of the truth between twists and false tracks scattered throughout the narrative. 
Publisher: Einaudi Ragazzi
Target: 12+
Year: 2022
Author
Igor De Amicis

Igor De Amicis was born in Rome in 1976. Chief Commissioner of the Penitentiary Police, he shares his passion for writing with his wife Paola Luciani. Together they have written Giù nella miniera (Down the Mine), selected for the Bancarellino Prize 2017 reading project and winner of the Special Children’s Prize at the Parco Majella Prize 2017. Also for Einaudi Ragazzi, they have written Fugees Football Club, Igor Trocchia. A calcio al razzismo (Igor Trocchia. A Kick to Racism), Roberto Mancini nella terra dei fuochi (Roberto Mancini in the Ground of the Fires), L’ultima verità (The Ultimate Truth) and various titles of the Classicini, Grandissimi and Che storia! series. For Il Battello a Vapore, they have published Il mistero delle lettere senza nome (The Mystery of the Nameless Letters). Igor has also published several noir novels for adults, including La settima lapide (Dea Planeta), O’ Regno (Salani) and Gioventù criminale (Criminal Youth), Piemme. Paola has also published several essays and monographs on the world of education. The pair’s books have been translated in several countries (Greece, Spain, Poland, South America, Japan, Germany, etc.)

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Author
Paola Luciani

Paola Luciani was born in Pescara in 1980. A support teacher in primary schools, she invents, imagines and writes her stories together with her husband Igor De Amicis. Together they have written Giù nella miniera (Down the Mine), selected for the Bancarellino Prize 2017 reading project and winner of the Special Children’s Prize at the Parco Majella Prize 2017. Also for Einaudi Ragazzi, they have written Fugees Football Club, Igor Trocchia. A calcio al razzismo (Igor Trocchia. A Kick to Racism), Roberto Mancini nella terra dei fuochi (Roberto Mancini in the Ground of the Fires), L’ultima verità (The Ultimate Truth) and various titles of the Classicini, Grandissimi and Che storia! series. For Il Battello a Vapore, they have published Il mistero delle lettere senza nome (The Mystery of the Nameless Letters). Igor has also published several noir novels for adults, including La settima lapide (Dea Planeta), O’ Regno (Salani) and Gioventù criminale (Criminal Youth), Piemme. Paola has also published several essays and monographs on the world of education. The pair’s books have been translated in several countries (Greece, Spain, Poland, South America, Japan, Germany, etc.)

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