The Marinella Affair

<p><strong>A Small Village - A Tragic Death - Amateur Sleuths</strong><br /><br />Marinella is liked by most of the townsfolk; notably by Archetti - the village idiot. She is a young woman with a kind heart - ready to help her friends and neighbors; but she is also a prostitute even if discreet about her trade and respectful of others.<br /><br />One day the Carabinieri show up at the <em>pensione</em> (guest house) where Marinella rents a room. Severino the local cobbler and a good friend of Marinella learns of her death from Corporal Pellegrini.<br /><br />Apparently Marinella fell to her death from the ancient fortified walls of Borgo Vecchio in the old quarter of Termoli.<br /><br />The carabinieri consider it a suicide. Severino shocked and unwilling to accept Marinella's tragic death as a suicide sets out with his close friend Donanto to investigate the death.<br /><br />Will they succeed in proving the Carabinieri wrong?<br /><br /></p>