When the employee opened the bookstore on Corindoni Street in the morning, the last thing he expected to find inside was a dead senator...

Professor Magni, a prominent doctor and senator as well as a handsome man, elegant and charming, is found murdered inside a small bookstore in Milan.

The case is assigned to Inspector De Vincenzi, and the only clue he has is a copy of a rare book, "La Zaffetta", that is missing from the room where the senator is found dead. The senator's murder is a ticking time bomb ready to explode, and the Chief of Police is "pressuring" Inspector De Vincenzi by giving him an eight-day deadline to solve it.

Inspector De Vincenzi unravels the investigation in the bustling capital of the north during the 1930s, in a noir atmosphere, with his own unique approach to discover and correctly piece together all the fragments of this investigation and reveal the perpetrator of this heinous crime that has shaken Milan's society.

"6 Women and a Corpse" is one of De Angelis's best novels. Inspector De Vincenzi, "the first authentic Italian detective", does not just identify clues but delves into the minds of his suspects, often with surprising results.