"A novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder."-- Provided by publisher. 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain controversial. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't resist to ghostwrite a book. His subject: a fledgling newspaper, which happens to be financed by a powerful media magnate. As...

In Milan to attend the unveiling of a parchment that contains the original recipe for a traditional holiday bread, Geronimo Stilton is shocked when a thief posing as him steals the recipe, forcing him to catch the culprit and clear his name.