Freely inspired by a true story, the police thriller ‘The time of the cops’ by the policeman-writer Maurizio Lorenzi, also known by the acronym ‘MaLo’, is in bookstores. “I came across this story that dates back to the early 2000s: two criminals subjected to high surveillance manage to escape in an October night, in a sensational way, from the Bergamo prison. A story that has always been covered by an aura of mystery. This is why I was attracted to it “, the author of the book (Bolis Edizioni), Maurizio Lorenzi, tells time.news. “Through the papers – he continues – I have deepened the background, discovering unpublished details. After the escape of the two prisoners, a daring ‘Italian manhunt’ takes place that will go beyond the national borders in which they intertwine the lives of the protagonists, on the one hand the two fugitives, on the other the two investigators who chase them “. They are two street policemen, who have never been afraid to get their hands dirty in the criminal scum. But it doesn’t stop there.
There is another real fact from which the flashback rhythm narrative takes its cue. “The arrest, as the same Time.news tells us, of the director of the Bergamo Prison which cracks the apparent tranquility that surrounds the city of Bergamo”, explains the writer. Just a starting point? Just browse the pages of the book to find out.
A story that does not lack suspense between the chasing of the exploits of the criminals on the run parallel to those of the pursuing agents. “When I was finishing writing this story – I had suspended work during the lockdown -, I imagined one of the needs most felt by people in the Covid era, that of being distracted”, highlights Lorenzi in her fifth detective novel. “We all have a great need to switch off. Here, the adventure narrated I hope will help readers to get out of everyday life, to live an experience out of the ordinary. After all, books are just for this: to live better “.