the latest news from Alba your weekly (Tuesday or Wednesday) instalment on the ups and downs of life on the Adriatic where the carabinieri caserma is commanded by a woman, Tenente Andrea Tasso, aided and impeded by her officers as she fights crime and the Central Italian passion for lunch.
written by Tamsin Hickson who lives not far from the imaginary town of Alba.
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Being in Alba made Lieutenante Luca Venanzoni feel homesick. At least that was his diagnosis of the odd aching sensation that struck him somewhere in the middle of his chest at odd moments, usually triggered by the smell of the Adriatic, a feeling that he was sure would only be cured by [...]
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who’s who The caserma (police station)
Tenente Andrea Tasso - commander
Maresciallo Giuseppe Rossi - second in command
Lieutente Luca Venanzoni - Andrea's general right hand man
Il Faro the restaurant
Otto Carloni owner together with
Aurelio Carloni his brother
Giovanna Carloni, Aurelio's wife
Paolo Carloni, Otto's seventeen year old
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