Friday, February 13th
8:45 PM
An evening of noir, justice, and music in Loggio
La Valsolda Municipal Library offers a cultural event of great interest for lovers of noir novels and civil fiction.
Friday, February 13, 2026, at 8:45 PM, at the Lodge Schools, the presentation of the novel will take place The victim can kill Of Vittorio Nessi, one of the most authoritative magistrate and authors on the contemporary Italian scene.
A noir that questions the conscience
The victim can kill It's not just a detective novel.
It is a story that delves into the ambiguities of justice, the uncertain boundaries between good and evil, individual responsibility and institutional abandonment.
The protagonist, the public prosecutor Bruno Ferretti, disillusioned by the events of Tangentopoli, asks to be transferred to a remote Sicilian town overlooking the African sea. Here he finds himself immersed in a complex reality, described as “smart, violent, lazy and generous”, where every certainty wavers and the law seems to lose its abstract face to confront real life.
At the heart of the novel emerges an uncomfortable and very current question:
What happens when the state abandons its victims and they decide to take justice into their own hands?
Born in Como in 1947, Vittorio Nessi is a magistrate and writer.
He has published numerous novels and essays that intertwine justice, ethics and narrative, including:
The novels Two moons are too many e It's not me they were finalists at the International Literature Prize of the City of Como.
With Murder at the Flower Market and The Victim Can Kill won the Rotary Bormio Contea Literary Prize (5th and 8th editions).
Literature, music and atmosphere
The evening will be enriched by interludes and musical suggestions, which will accompany the audience in the emotional climate of the novel:
-Sabrina Morganti - voice
-Marco Cases - guitar
A dialogue between words and music designed to create an immersive cultural experience, in tune with the themes of noir and civil reflection.
-Event: Presentation of the novel The victim can kill
-Date: Friday, February 13, 2026
-Hours: 8.45pm
-Place: Loggio Schools – Valsolda Municipal Library
-Entrance: free, everyone is invited
-Refreshments will follow
A cultural event for the Lake Ceresio area
The initiative is part of the broader commitment of the Valsolda Municipal Library in the promotion of reading and culture in the territory of Lake Ceresio, offering opportunities for meetings between authors, citizens and visitors.
Events like this contribute to valorising Valsolda not only as a naturalistic destination, but also as a place of cultural production and diffusion, capable of offering quality content throughout the year.
