Giovanni Rex’s noir-ish novels cut a broad swath across the contemporary genre. Part thriller, part literary musing, the author’s tone is a times a cry for a better society, with more compassion, less violence, but at others the pages are awash with blood and sex. Inspector Giovanni ‘Rex’ Matsuko is sick of this author making his life a misery, he's tired of being considered a joke by his superiors. Giovanni Rex is to blame with his ridiculous books, and now he has people of influence giving him orders. It's all coming to a head.