Michele Ferrera

The Michele Ferrera Series by Michele Guittari are crime fiction novels set in crime-ridden Florence in Tuscany. Giuttari was born in Messina in 1950 and was a police officer in the Italian Police from 1978 to 2003 when he retired, having risen to the rank of Chief of Florence Police. He first served in Calabria in Southern Italy, then Naples before he got a promotion and was sent to Florence, the provincial capital of Tuscany. In Florence, he served in the anti-mafia squad following an incident in which 48 people died and three paintings the Uffizi art gallery were destroyed by a car bomb in the city center. Giuttari was responsible for the investigation into the case and several other that led to the arrest and conviction of key mafia figures and the reopening of the “Monster of Florence” criminal case. After 32 years of service in the police force, he retired to become adviser to the interior minister. He would also have a special brief of keeping tabs on mafia activity. Michele Guittari has asserted that the lead of the Michele Ferrera series is him and that many of his adventures are loosely based on his work with the Italian police. He writes of beautiful Tuscan hills, mafia connections, kidnapping, prison breaks, and the occult in a horrifying yet intriguing page-turning fiction. He currently lives in Germany from where he writes his novels.