An eye-opener of an account of the travails of two journalists in Italy trying to solve the mysteries of horrific serial killings near magnificent Florence .  As the writers get “hot” in their inquiries, the local  powers of justice increase pressure to push them off the trail.  And it is not an idle nudge; in Italy a person can be held indefinitely in prison before he is charged. (Amanda Knox, an American, who has  been in prison for 2 years, still has not been tried).  As the authors chase down the Monster of Florence, bad things happen to them. Perhaps the Italian magistrates deem them guilty of journalism.   [6/09]