With her series, the author invites the reader to a trip through Italy: to Rome (Vol. 1 "The War of the Roman Cats" A1), to Busseto, the city of Verdi (Vol. 2 "The Theft of Aida" B1), to Cremona, the city of Stradivari (Vol. 3 "The Lost Stradivari" B2), to Venice (Vol. 4 "The Gondolier of Death" A2), to Florence (Vol. 5 "The Poison of the Medici" A1), to verona (Vol. 6 "Death at the Opera" A2) and to Milano (Vol. 7. "Fear on the Catwalk" A1)

Alessandra Barabaschi is an art historian, an author, and an enthusiastic cosmopolitan. Since the day she was born in Parma (Italy), she is travelling around the world to get in touch with people, countries, and culture different from her own. She speaks several languages. In 2009 she has founded her own PR agency. At the end of 2010 her first book has been published: A work in four volumes in English dedicated to the magnificent violins of Antonio Stradivari. Moreover, her successful new series of crime novels and tourist guides to learn Italian has hit the market at the end of 2013.