An Italian filmmaker needs a really big favour and Criminalpol’s top man, Aurelio Zen, seems to be the one to deliver it. The good deed securing the release from prison of a family friend who is facing a life sentence for allegedly murdering his father, a notable winegrower. Getting Zen on his side won’t be easy. What the film director does know is the surest way to this man’s heart is through his stomach. So, a heaping plate of pasta and a few glasses of wine later, Zen finally agrees to give the matter his full attention in Michael Dibdin’s A Long Finish. | A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin, Paperback | Indigo Chapters