Daughter of Silence

Set in Rome the story follows physchiatrist Peter Landon's involvement with a local family. Ascolini is a very old master of Italy's law courts, while his son in law, Carlo is a fatalistic charmer following in his father in law's footsteps while his marriage to Ascolini's daughter, Valeria disintegrates. When a young lady shoots a small village Mayor 5 times at point blank range, Carlo takes the case and discovers more behind it than the simple yet brutal tradition of Vendetta. Carlo must reform the Italian legal system's understanding of mental implairment in order to get a light sentence for his client, a task made slightly easier by Landon's skills.