Giallo Name Generator

Film titles for Italian murder-mystery thrillers

Entertainment, Music & Media1,000 names

0 of 1,000 seen

This or that?

7 picks, 1 winner

Tap the name you like more.

Tap a name to copy it. The arrows swap one name.

Or browse all 1,000 names, A to Z

Generate film titles in the style of giallo, the Italian murder-mystery thrillers of the 1960s and 1970s: Who Moved the Mannequin?, The Heron with Eyes of Amber Glass and Death Keeps the Spare Key. Every entry is a title for a film, not a character name.

About giallo names

Giallo is Italian for yellow, and the word became shorthand for mystery fiction because of the yellow covers on the crime paperbacks that the publisher Mondadori began selling in 1929. On screen it means the stylish Italian murder mysteries of the 1960s and 1970s: a gloved killer, an amateur sleuth who half remembers what he saw, and a title that sounds like a riddle. Real examples include Blood and Black Lace, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Deep Red.

Those titles follow a few habits, and this list of 1,000 film titles is built on them. There are animals paired with a color or a precious material (The Heron with Eyes of Amber Glass), whole sentences that read like a line of verse (The Rain Remembers What the Witness Forgot), Death or the killer doing something oddly domestic (Death Keeps the Spare Key), questions, numbers, case files, objects such as gloves, razors, dolls and music boxes, cities and villas, and one-word export titles like Lacrimosa. A small share is in Italian, with only the first word capitalized, as Italian titles are written.

Every entry is a film title, not a character name, and the aim is new titles in the manner of the period, so search one before it goes on a poster.

How to choose giallo names

  • Pick the form before the words: an animal title promises a clue the hero misreads, a Death or killer title promises set pieces, and a question promises a secret about one named person.
  • Read it aloud in a trailer voice. The long ones work when the rhythm lands on the last noun, as in The Metronome Went On Ticking After the Scream.
  • For a poster, set a long title on two or three lines and let one word carry the color: yellow, crimson, amber or black.
  • Running a tabletop mystery? Take the title first and work backward: decide what the object, animal or number in it has to mean by the final scene.
  • Use an Italian-language title only if you can check it with a speaker. A translated-style English title carries the mood just as well.

Frequently asked questions

What is a giallo?

Giallo is the Italian word for yellow. It came to mean mystery and crime fiction because of the yellow covers of a long-running paperback series, and film fans use it for the Italian murder-mystery thrillers of the 1960s and 1970s, known for gloved killers, amateur detectives and bold color.

Are these character names or film titles?

Film titles. Each of the 1,000 entries is a title for a film, a story or a game session, such as The Case of the Weeping Mannequin, Nine Keys for the Lady in Yellow or Murder on the Last Vaporetto. For the people in your story, try the Italian name generator linked on this page.

Why do giallo titles have so many animals?

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage was a hit in 1970, and many thrillers that followed put an animal in the title too, among them Four Flies on Grey Velvet and The Black Belly of the Tarantula. The animal is often a small clue or a metaphor, not a creature in the plot. Titles here such as The Wasp with the Opal Sting and The Jackdaw on the Marble Stair follow the same habit.

Are these the titles of real films?

They are written as new titles in the style of the period, not as a list of existing films. Thousands of thrillers exist, though, and a match by chance is possible, so search a film database before you use one for a release.

More like this

All 1,000 giallo names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

Plain text, one name per line.

A: 73 names

  • A Black Carnation for the Inspector
  • A Bridal Veil in the Furnace
  • A Cobalt Bottle Marked Poison
  • A Composer Without an Ending
  • A Corpse on the Left Bank
  • A Corpse on the Spanish Steps
  • A Crimson Thread Through Eleven Rooms
  • A Duet for Victim and Shadow
  • A Fly in the Amber Pendant
  • A Gondola with No Passenger
  • A Hand Came Through the Curtain of Beads
  • A Hand Mirror Facing Down
  • A Hat Box Tied with Piano Wire
  • A Hatpin Through the Program

A, continued

  • A Hundred Eyes in the Peacock Room
  • A Hypodermic Among the Hairpins
  • A Key Cut for a Door That Is Gone
  • A Lighter Engraved to Someone Else
  • A Lizard Asleep on the Green Baize
  • A Lock of Hair in the Reliquary
  • A Lullaby for the Seventh Witness
  • A Mannequin Dressed for Mourning
  • A Model for the Final Sitting
  • A Moth Pinned to Black Silk
  • A Music Box Sealed in the Wall
  • A Night of Paper Lanterns and Knives
  • A Pair of Gloves Left in the Rain
  • A Peacock-Blue Lie
  • A Quarter to the Scream

A, continued

  • A Raincoat the Color of Wet Slate
  • A Razor Wrapped in Sheet Music
  • A Reel Marked Do Not Play
  • A Roll of Film Nobody Developed
  • A Saffron Scarf at the Scene
  • A Scarf of Printed Lilies
  • A Scarlet Ribbon Around the Banister
  • A Scream in the Galleria
  • A Stiletto in the Bouquet
  • A Stranger Is Sleeping in the Portrait
  • A Summer of Screams in Amalfi
  • A Tarot Card Under the Windshield Wiper
  • A Thousand Pins for a Paper Butterfly
  • A Thursday of Thin Ice

A, continued

  • A Trail of Buttons Led Down to the Cellar
  • A Villa Above Taormina
  • A Violet Shadow in the Vestibule
  • A Wax Seal Bearing a Wasp
  • A Weekend at the Villa of Statues
  • A Weekend for Disappearing
  • A White Glove Dipped in Red
  • A Yellow Telegram for the Deceased
  • Aconite
  • Afterimage
  • Agorafobia
  • All the Clocks in the House Stopped at Her Name
  • Amber Eyes Behind the Shutters
  • Amber Light, Amber Lies
  • Amnesia

A, continued

  • An Alibi for the Tenor
  • An American in the House of Shutters
  • An Athens Summer Without Witnesses
  • An Emerald for the Liar
  • An Evening with the Sleepwalker
  • An Unsigned Letter Smelling of Bitter Almonds
  • Anamorphosis
  • Aperture
  • Are the Twins Really Asleep?
  • Are You Sure the Door Was Locked?
  • Aria for a Slashed Portrait
  • Arsenic Summer
  • Arsenico
  • Ash Wednesday at the Villa
  • August in Rome, Nobody Hears

B: 10 names

  • Ballad of the Late Visitor
  • Barcarolle on Black Water
  • Before the Curtain Falls Somebody Must Vanish
  • Behind the Wallpaper Someone Is Still Counting
  • Belladonna
  • Black Lacquer, White Lilies
  • Black Tulips on the Lagoon
  • Blue Smoke Over a White Sheet
  • Bologna, Under the Porticoes
  • Burgundy Velvet, Broken Glass

C: 26 names

  • Cadenza with a Knife
  • Cameo
  • Can a Blind Woman Identify a Shadow?
  • Can You Describe the Hands?
  • Canticle of the Cold Hands
  • Capogiro
  • Carillon
  • Carmine Petals in the Bath
  • Carnival Ends at the Rialto
  • Carnival Night, Lent Morning
  • Catalepsy
  • Chi bussa alla porta verde?
  • Chi ha spento la luce?

C, continued

  • Chiaroscuro
  • Chloroform
  • Chorus of the Silent Mourners
  • Cianuro
  • Claustrofobia
  • Close the Shutters Before He Finishes the Song
  • Cobalt Glass and Cold Hands
  • Controluce
  • Crepuscolo
  • Crimson on the Conservatory Tiles
  • Crimson Wax on a Sealed Confession
  • Crystal Insomnia
  • Curfew on the Street of Dolls

D: 57 names

  • Dawn Comes Late to the Guilty
  • Death Answers in Three Languages
  • Death Arrives by the Service Stairs
  • Death Buys a Ticket for the Matinee
  • Death Checks In Under a False Name
  • Death Climbs the Spiral Stair
  • Death Comes Wrapped in Cellophane
  • Death Counts Backward from Ten
  • Death Draws the Velvet Curtain
  • Death Dresses for the Opera
  • Death Follows the Tram Lines
  • Death Has an Alibi for Tuesday
  • Death Has Perfect Handwriting
  • Death Hums an Old Lullaby

D, continued

  • Death Is a Patient Collector
  • Death Keeps the Spare Key
  • Death Knows the Combination
  • Death Leaves by the Garden Gate
  • Death Leaves No Forwarding Address
  • Death Lights a Second Cigarette
  • Death Listens at the Keyhole
  • Death Mails a Postcard from Capri
  • Death Never Forgets a Birthday
  • Death Ordered the Same Wine
  • Death Paints in Watercolor
  • Death Pays in Counterfeit Lire
  • Death Plays the Harpsichord at Dawn
  • Death Reads the Morning Papers

D, continued

  • Death Rents the Room Upstairs
  • Death Rings the Bell Twice
  • Death Sends Lilies on Monday
  • Death Signs the Guest Book
  • Death Sits for a Portrait
  • Death Sleeps with the Window Open
  • Death Speaks in a Whisper
  • Death Takes the Night Train to Trieste
  • Death Tunes the Violin
  • Death Waits in the Fitting Room
  • Death Wears a Borrowed Raincoat
  • Death Winds the Gramophone
  • Death Wore My Sister's Perfume
  • Delitto al conservatorio

D, continued

  • Did Anyone See Him Leave?
  • Did the Bishop Lock the Sacristy?
  • Did the Mannequin Blink?
  • Did You Count the Guests Again?
  • Did You Hear the Music Box, Clara?
  • Digitalis
  • Diorama
  • Dissonanza
  • Do Not Open the Window Onto the Courtyard
  • Dodici rintocchi a Venezia
  • Does the Doctor Know About the Cellar?
  • Doppelganger
  • Dress Rehearsal for a Disappearance
  • Dressmaker's Shears
  • Dusk at the House of Sundials

E: 12 names

  • Eclipse over the Cypress Road
  • Eight Bells for the Drowned
  • Eight Pearls on a Broken Thread
  • Eight Places Set for Dinner
  • Eight Seconds of Film
  • Elegy for a Paper Doll
  • Eleven Guests and a Shadow
  • Eleven Minutes Past the Murder
  • Emerald Smoke in the Projection Room
  • Encore for a Corpse
  • Every Mirror in the Villa Tells a Different Lie
  • Everyone at the Table Had a Reason

F: 20 names

  • Facsimile
  • Fatal Cadenza
  • Fifty Windows and Nobody Looking
  • Fissazione
  • Five Masks Hang in the Hall
  • Five Petals Fallen in the Bath
  • Five Silences Before the Scream
  • Five Strings for a Strangled Harp
  • Florence Has a Knife in Its Garden
  • Fog on the Grand Canal at Five

F, continued

  • Fog over the Navigli
  • Fotogramma
  • Four Chairs Around an Empty Bed
  • Four Fingerprints on Blue Glass
  • Four in the Morning, Via Oscura
  • Four Minutes of Darkness
  • Four Thorns for a Bridal Wreath
  • Fourteen Postcards from a Murderer
  • Fugue
  • Fugue for a Missing Heiress

G: 6 names

  • Garrote
  • Genoa by Lantern Light
  • Glass Requiem
  • Gloves Too Small for a Man
  • Gold Leaf on a Cold Forehead
  • Gray Silk for a Hanging

H: 13 names

  • Half Past the Hour of the Wasp
  • Have You Looked Behind the Tapestry?
  • Have You Seen Agnese Since the Carnival?
  • Her Last Breath Fogged the Lens
  • Hollow Aria
  • Honeymoon in the House of Whispers
  • How Did the Canary Die?
  • How Does a Dead Woman Write Letters?
  • How Long Has She Been Watching?
  • How Many Keys Does the Gardener Have?
  • How Many Times Did the Phone Ring?
  • Hymn for a Stopped Clock
  • Hysteria

I: 23 names

  • I Dreamed the Knife Before I Saw the Hand
  • I Saw Your Face in the Last Negative
  • Il carillon della morta
  • Il gatto sul pianoforte
  • Il lungo silenzio di Marta
  • Il pavone nel giardino di vetro
  • Il portiere sa tutto
  • Il profumo della paura
  • Il rasoio e la farfalla
  • Il sangue sul velluto
  • Il segreto della villa gialla

I, continued

  • Il silenzio delle bambole
  • Il testimone cieco
  • In the Attic the Dress Was Still Warm
  • Incognita
  • Indigo Nights of the Sleepwalker
  • Insonnia
  • Intermezzo with Screams
  • Is Anyone Listening on the Party Line?
  • Is That You Behind the Curtain, Bruno?
  • Is the Killer Still in the House?
  • Is the Organist Still Playing?
  • Ivory Keys, Scarlet Fingers

K: 1 name

  • Keyhole

L: 31 names

  • L'assassino arriva in ritardo
  • L'assassino legge il giornale
  • L'impermeabile sul ponte
  • L'ombra dietro la tenda
  • L'ora del coltello
  • L'orchidea sulla lama
  • L'uccello che cantava di notte
  • L'ultima fotografia di Elena
  • La casa in fondo al canale
  • La contessa ha paura

L, continued

  • La farfalla di vetro
  • La morte ha gli occhi verdi
  • La notte delle forbici
  • La signora non risponde
  • La vedova veste di giallo
  • Labirinto
  • Lacquered Night
  • Lacrimosa
  • Lagoon Fever
  • Lake Como Keeps Its Secrets Cold

L, continued

  • Laudanum
  • Le lacrime dell'airone
  • Leather Gloves, Size Unknown
  • Leave the Light On for the Man in the Garden
  • Ligature
  • Lilac Smoke in the Sickroom
  • Lisbon, the Blue-Tiled Tomb
  • Lo specchio non mente mai
  • London Fog, Italian Blade
  • Low Tide in Cannaregio
  • Lullaby in a Minor Key

M: 36 names

  • Madrigal for Four Corpses
  • Manichino
  • Marble Pulse
  • Marionetta
  • Masquerade
  • Mauve Gloves at the Requiem
  • Mesmerized
  • Mezzanotte in via dei Serpenti
  • Midnight at the Costume Warehouse
  • Midnight Atelier
  • Midnight Ferry to Capri
  • Midnight Has Thirteen Chimes

M, continued

  • Milan Under a Sheet of Rain
  • Minuet in a Locked Ballroom
  • Mirror Phobia
  • Monomania
  • Moonrise over the Empty Cradle
  • Morning Found the Garden Rearranged
  • Morphia
  • Murder at the Hour of the Siesta
  • Murder by Candlelight and Mirrors
  • Murder Comes in Pairs
  • Murder for an Audience of One
  • Murder Has a Sweet Tooth

M, continued

  • Murder in the Key of F Minor
  • Murder in Three Movements
  • Murder Is a Private Showing
  • Murder Kept Its Gloves On
  • Murder on the Last Vaporetto
  • Murder Rehearsed in the Dark
  • Murder Signed with a Fingerprint of Wax
  • Murder to the Sound of a Harp
  • Murder Under the Yellow Awning
  • Murder Wears a Silk Lining
  • Must the Soprano Die Tonight?
  • My Sister's Reflection Stayed Behind in the Glass

N: 18 names

  • Naples Does Not Forgive the Curious
  • Narcolepsy
  • Narcosis
  • Negativo
  • Nevrosi
  • Nine Chimes Before the Blade
  • Nine Doors on the Corridor of Sighs
  • Nine Keys for the Lady in Yellow
  • Nine Lives Were Not Enough

N, continued

  • Nine Stitches in a Silk Shroud
  • Ninety-Nine Steps to the Bell Tower
  • No One Heard the Piano Fall Silent
  • Nobody Leaves the Party Before the Screaming
  • Nocturna
  • Nocturne for a Sleepless Witness
  • Nocturne Macabre
  • Noon Without Shadows
  • Notturno per una sconosciuta

O: 13 names

  • Ochre Dust on the Dead Man's Shoes
  • Oleander
  • One Blade for Two Hearts
  • One Doll Short of a Dozen
  • One of the Mourners Is Wearing the Dead Man's Ring
  • One Scream Too Many
  • One Shoe on the Canal Bank
  • One Witness Is Enough
  • Only the Housekeeper Knows Which Door Is Painted Shut
  • Operatic Fear
  • Otto bambole di cera
  • Overexposed
  • Overture in Blood and Brass

P: 14 names

  • Palermo in the Hour of Shutters
  • Palinsesto
  • Paper Scream
  • Paramnesia
  • Paris, Room with a View of Nothing
  • Passi sulla ghiaia
  • Paura in sala d'attesa
  • Peephole
  • Penumbra
  • Perché piange la bambola?
  • Perugia Whispers
  • Poisoned Negative
  • Portrait in Sepia and Arsenic
  • Prague, Bridge of Blind Saints

R: 10 names

  • Rasoio
  • Razor Waltz
  • Red Lacquer on the Harpsichord
  • Red Light in the Darkroom
  • Red Shoes on the Fire Escape
  • Requiem for a Girl in a Green Raincoat
  • Requiescat
  • Rome Sleeps with One Eye Open
  • Rondo of the Returning Stain
  • Rust on the White Enamel

S: 45 names

  • Saffron Curtains for a Quiet Crime
  • Sangue a Trastevere
  • Scarlet Aria
  • Scarlet Stairs to the Attic
  • Scarlet Varnish
  • Scotoma
  • Sei ombre sul muro
  • Sepia Memories of a Strangling
  • September Rain on a Chalk Outline
  • Serenade for a Shuttered House
  • Sette chiavi per una bambola
  • Seven Pins in a Wax Heart
  • Seven Shutters, One Left Open
  • Seven Steps Behind the Bride
  • Seven Veils over a Lie

S, continued

  • Sforzando
  • Shall We Wake the Professor?
  • She Signed the Letter with Another Woman's Hand
  • She Was Smiling in the Photograph Taken After
  • Shuttered Eyes
  • Siesta with a Stranger's Shadow
  • Silhouette
  • Silk Garrote
  • Silver Scissors, Golden Hair
  • Simulacrum
  • Six Matches in a Dead Man's Hand
  • Six Mirrors for a Vain Corpse
  • Six Roses and One Thorn
  • Six Stairs Down to the Truth
  • Sleep Now, the Murderer Is Reading Your Diary

S, continued

  • Sleepless Canal
  • Smile for the Camera, It Is the Last Time
  • Somebody Is Breathing in the Projection Booth
  • Something Scarlet Is Dripping from the Chandelier
  • Sonata for Scissors and Strings
  • Sonnambula
  • Spectacles on the Riverbank
  • Spyglass
  • Staccato
  • Stilettata
  • Stiletto Serenade
  • Stricnina
  • Sudario
  • Sussurro
  • Synesthesia

T: 513 names

  • Tableau
  • Tarantella for a Hanged Man
  • Tell the Inspector the Bird Is Still Singing
  • Ten Gloved Fingers
  • Ten Little Bottles of Laudanum
  • Ten Portraits with Scratched-Out Eyes
  • Ten Tolls of the Cracked Bell
  • Terror at the Conservatory of Music
  • Terror on the Aventine Hill
  • The Afternoon of the Drawn Blinds
  • The Albatross with the Broken Compass
  • The Alleys of the Old Port
  • The Amber Room Affair
  • The Anatomist's Evening Class

T, continued

  • The Anatomy Student of Bologna
  • The Antique Dealer Knew the Price of Silence
  • The Apartment Across the Courtyard
  • The Arcades of Turin After Dark
  • The Art Student Who Sketched the Crime
  • The Assassin Came to the Funeral
  • The Assassin Collects Butterflies of Glass
  • The Assassin Dines Alone
  • The Assassin Has a Season Ticket
  • The Assassin Has Clean Fingernails
  • The Assassin Is Afraid of the Dark
  • The Assassin Knew the Second Verse
  • The Assassin Left the Radio Playing
  • The Assassin Prefers Chrysanthemums
  • The Assassin Sends His Regrets

T, continued

  • The Assassin Signs with a Flower
  • The Assassin Tips His Hat
  • The Atelier on the Top Floor
  • The Atomizer of Bitter Scent
  • The August of Closed Shutters
  • The Ballerina in the Flooded Theater
  • The Barber's Ivory-Handled Secret
  • The Bat with the Sapphire Fangs
  • The Beetle with the Emerald Shell
  • The Bell Ringer of Santa Marta
  • The Bellhop Counted the Suitcases
  • The Bells of Sant'Agata Rang by Themselves
  • The Black Glove Cotillion
  • The Blind Man Described the Murderer Perfectly

T, continued

  • The Blind Piano Tuner
  • The Blue Hour of the Blade
  • The Boarding House on the Street of Tanners
  • The Boathouse at Bellagio
  • The Bora Blew the Shutters Open
  • The Burgundy Stain on the Score
  • The Cameo with a Stranger's Profile
  • The Camera with One Exposure Left
  • The Canary Sang Only for Murderers
  • The Canary-Yellow Envelope
  • The Candle Burned Down to a Lie
  • The Carmine Notebook
  • The Case of the Barefoot Bride
  • The Case of the Bricked-Up Nursery
  • The Case of the Burned Negatives

T, continued

  • The Case of the Chalk Outline in the Snow
  • The Case of the Clockwork Nightingale
  • The Case of the Countess and the Crow
  • The Case of the Cut Telephone Line
  • The Case of the Double Shadow
  • The Case of the Drowned Metronome
  • The Case of the Empty Confessional
  • The Case of the Florist's Ledger
  • The Case of the Frozen Fountain
  • The Case of the Glass Harmonica
  • The Case of the Hollow Statue
  • The Case of the Inverted Tarot
  • The Case of the Lacquered Fan
  • The Case of the Left-Handed Violinist
  • The Case of the Missing Movement

T, continued

  • The Case of the Numbered Petals
  • The Case of the Orchid Thief's Widow
  • The Case of the Organist's Shoes
  • The Case of the Painted Shutters
  • The Case of the Perfumed Envelope
  • The Case of the Rented Tuxedo
  • The Case of the Reversed Photograph
  • The Case of the Scented Candle
  • The Case of the Sealed Aviary
  • The Case of the Seamstress Who Knew
  • The Case of the Silent Carousel
  • The Case of the Smiling Death Mask
  • The Case of the Tenant in 4B
  • The Case of the Thirteenth Pew

T, continued

  • The Case of the Twin Sopranos
  • The Case of the Unfinished Fresco
  • The Case of the Unsent Valentine
  • The Case of the Vanishing Understudy
  • The Case of the Wasp in Amber
  • The Case of the Weeping Mannequin
  • The Case of the Whispering Elevator
  • The Cat Would Not Enter the Blue Room
  • The Cemetery of the Unnamed Gate
  • The Centipede on the Bridal Train
  • The Chambermaid Found the Second Key
  • The Chameleon on the Scarlet Curtain
  • The Chauffeur Waits with the Engine Running
  • The Chess Queen in the Clenched Fist
  • The Cicada That Sang for the Coroner

T, continued

  • The Cigarette Holder of Jade
  • The Clairvoyant on the Fifth Floor
  • The Clockmaker of Via Po
  • The Cobra in the Hatbox
  • The Collector of Last Words
  • The Color of the Last Thing She Saw
  • The Commissario Sleeps Badly
  • The Concierge Reads Every Postcard
  • The Conductor Lowered the Baton
  • The Confession Was Written in a Child's Crayon
  • The Conservatory Has Thirteen Pianos
  • The Corkscrew of the Old Baron
  • The Cormorant Waits in the Lagoon
  • The Coroner Hums at His Work
  • The Corridor Grows Longer When You Run

T, continued

  • The Countess Receives on Thursdays
  • The Couturier Pins a Hem at Midnight
  • The Crane with the Paper Wings
  • The Cricket in the Dead Man's Pocket
  • The Crimson Hour
  • The Curious Collection of Baron Vessel
  • The Curious Death of a Wax Modeler
  • The Curious Habit of Professor Lanzi
  • The Curious Thirst of the Housekeeper
  • The Dead Do Not Send Telegrams
  • The Dead Girl Sends Carnations Every Thursday
  • The Delicate Crime of the Miniaturist
  • The Delicate Hands of the Embalmer
  • The Detective Novelist Is Out of Ideas

T, continued

  • The Doll with the Stitched Mouth
  • The Dollmaker of Via dei Coronari
  • The Double Life of the Lace Seller
  • The Dove with the Wings of Slate
  • The Dubbing Actress Screamed for Real
  • The Echo Answered in a Different Voice
  • The Eel in the Baptismal Font
  • The Eighth Note Is a Scream
  • The Elevator Stops at a Floor That Is Not There
  • The Eleventh Hour of Signor Bellandi
  • The Embalmer Is Never in a Hurry
  • The Emerald Stiletto
  • The Englishwoman Who Heard It Through the Wall
  • The Engraver Signed Backward
  • The Eve of the Yellow Moon

T, continued

  • The Evening of the Uninvited Mask
  • The Falcon in the Hood of Black Leather
  • The Fashion Editor's Black Book
  • The Fashion House on Via della Spiga
  • The Feast Day of the Missing Bride
  • The Fedora on the Mortuary Slab
  • The Fifth Guest Has No Shadow
  • The Film Critic Walked Out Early
  • The Firefly in the Sealed Decanter
  • The First Victim Was the Luckiest
  • The Flamingo in the Drained Fountain
  • The Florist Delivers After Dark
  • The Fog Has Swallowed the Only Witness
  • The Forbidden Room of the Summer Villa
  • The Forger Paints a Confession

T, continued

  • The Fortune Teller Refused to Go On
  • The Fountain at Piazza Navona Ran Red
  • The Fountain Runs Dark at Vespers
  • The Fourth Candle Would Not Light
  • The Friday of Black Umbrellas
  • The Gardener Digs at Night
  • The Gecko on the Windowpane at Three
  • The Gilded Cage Has a Trapdoor
  • The Glass Eye Rolled Under the Piano
  • The Glassblower of Murano Screamed
  • The Glovemaker's Last Commission
  • The Goldfish That Watched It Happen
  • The Governess Never Raised Her Voice
  • The Gray Lady of the Loggia

T, continued

  • The Greenhouse of Carnivorous Flowers
  • The Greyhound with the Ruby Collar
  • The Guests Applauded and the Soprano Did Not Rise
  • The Guilty Pleasure of the Taxidermist
  • The Gull with the Gold Tooth
  • The Hare That Ran Across the Crime
  • The Hatpin of the Marchesa
  • The Hawk Moth on the Death Mask
  • The Heiress Sleeps with the Lamp Lit
  • The Heron with Eyes of Amber Glass
  • The Hidden Passion of the Clockmaker
  • The Hornet in the Confession Box
  • The Hour Between Two Murders
  • The Hour of the Open Razor
  • The House Model Missed the Show

T, continued

  • The House of the Weeping Caryatids
  • The House Remembers Every Footstep But One
  • The Hummingbird in the Mourning Veil
  • The Hyena in the Opera Box
  • The Ibis with the Ivory Mask
  • The Indigo Stain
  • The Inspector Dislikes Coincidences
  • The Ivory Cameo Vanishes
  • The Jackdaw on the Marble Stair
  • The Jaguar with the Lapis Claws
  • The Jellyfish with the Lace Veil
  • The Jeweler Weighs a Secret
  • The Journalist Asked One Question Too Many
  • The Kensington Mews Affair
  • The Key Under the Wax Tongue

T, continued

  • The Killer Borrowed My Handwriting
  • The Killer Buys His Flowers Wholesale
  • The Killer Calls at Half Past Nine
  • The Killer Came Back for the Hat
  • The Killer Cannot Bear the Color Green
  • The Killer Chose the Wrong Twin
  • The Killer Counts to Seven
  • The Killer Dials a Wrong Number
  • The Killer Dropped a Cuff Link
  • The Killer Feeds the Pigeons at Noon
  • The Killer Forgot the Umbrella
  • The Killer Has a Key to Every Room
  • The Killer Has Read Your Mail
  • The Killer Hides in Plain Daylight

T, continued

  • The Killer Hums Before He Strikes
  • The Killer Is Left-Handed
  • The Killer Is Listed in the Program
  • The Killer Keeps a Scrapbook
  • The Killer Kept Her Earring
  • The Killer Knows the Words to the Hymn
  • The Killer Learned It from a Novel
  • The Killer Left a Glove on the Piano
  • The Killer Lights the Candles Himself
  • The Killer Limps on Rainy Days
  • The Killer Loves a Masked Ball
  • The Killer Paints His Victims First
  • The Killer Returned the Library Book
  • The Killer Sat in Row F
  • The Killer Sends a Wreath in Advance

T, continued

  • The Killer Signed the Canvas
  • The Killer Sleeps in the Next Compartment
  • The Killer Smells of Lavender Water
  • The Killer Speaks with My Voice
  • The Killer Stands Behind the Photographer
  • The Killer Travels First Class
  • The Killer Watches from the Gallery
  • The Killer Waters the Orchids
  • The Killer Wears the Mask of a Saint
  • The Killer Whispers in Latin
  • The Killer Wound the Music Box
  • The Kingfisher over the Black Canal
  • The Ladybird with Thirteen Spots
  • The Lamplighter of the Old Quarter
  • The Last Guest Arrived Without a Face

T, continued

  • The Last Tram to Testaccio
  • The Lemon Terrace Murders
  • The Leopard Behind the Wallpaper
  • The Letter Opener Shaped Like a Heron
  • The Librarian of Forbidden Shelves
  • The Lighthouse Keeper of Portofino
  • The Lighthouse with the Painted-Over Lamp
  • The Lights Went Out on the Fourth Chord
  • The Lilac Dressing Gown
  • The Locket That Would Not Open
  • The Locust with Wings of Tissue Paper
  • The Lynx with the Silver Whiskers
  • The Magenta Negative
  • The Magistrate Has an Enemy

T, continued

  • The Magpie That Stole a Wedding Ring
  • The Makeup Artist's Last Face
  • The Man in the Oilskin Raincoat
  • The Maniac Has a Gentle Voice
  • The Maniac Signs Himself a Friend
  • The Maniac Takes the Coast Road
  • The Maniac Wore a Wedding Ring
  • The Mannequin in the Shop Window Moved
  • The Mannequin Painter of Milan
  • The Mannequin Workshop After Hours
  • The Mantis Under the Bell Jar
  • The Marionette with Cut Strings
  • The Marten in the Fur Vault
  • The Masks of Giudecca
  • The Mauve Hour of the Strangler

T, continued

  • The Medium Spoke in the Victim's Voice
  • The Metronome in the Empty Studio
  • The Metronome Went On Ticking After the Scream
  • The Milliner of the Covered Passage
  • The Minute the Music Stopped
  • The Mirror with the Cracked Silver
  • The Mole with the Mirror Eyes
  • The Mongoose with the Topaz Stare
  • The Monkey with the Brass Cymbals
  • The Monogrammed Handkerchief
  • The Moon Kept Its Appointment with the Murderer
  • The Mosquito with the Glass Proboscis
  • The Moth That Flew Toward the Scream
  • The Murderer Is Among the Bridesmaids
  • The Murderer Lives on the Mezzanine

T, continued

  • The Murderer Takes Two Sugars
  • The Murderer Whistles Vivaldi
  • The Music Box Played It Backward
  • The Night Belongs to the Patient Man
  • The Night of the Second Rehearsal
  • The Night of the Shattered Aquarium
  • The Night of the Unlit Lanterns
  • The Night of Wet Footprints
  • The Night Porter Dreamed the Crime in Advance
  • The Night Porter's Master Key
  • The Night the Canal Froze
  • The Night Watchman of the Wax Museum
  • The Nightingale with the Tin Heart
  • The Ninth Chair Faces the Wall

T, continued

  • The Notary Opened the Wrong Will
  • The Ochre Villa
  • The Octopus with Fingers of Smoke
  • The Opera Glasses Saw Too Much
  • The Opera House Is Dark on Mondays
  • The Orchard Where Nobody Picks the Fruit
  • The Organ Grinder Under the Window
  • The Organist of San Zeno
  • The Owl with the Feathers of Ash
  • The Painting Bled When the Bell Tolled
  • The Palazzo of the Painted Eyes
  • The Palazzo with the Flooded Ballroom
  • The Panther Escaped During the Second Act
  • The Paper Knife from Toledo
  • The Paperweight with the Trapped Flower

T, continued

  • The Parrot Repeated the Last Word
  • The Peacock in the Mirrored Corridor
  • The Peculiar Silence of the Parrot
  • The Peculiar Talent of Ilaria Monti
  • The Pensione at the End of the Tramline
  • The Penthouse with the Smoked Mirrors
  • The Perfume Bottle with a False Bottom
  • The Perfumer's Ninth Formula
  • The Pheasant with the Bronze Spurs
  • The Photographer Saw Nothing
  • The Pianist Played with Bandaged Hands
  • The Piano Wire Sonata
  • The Pink Chamber at the End of the Hall
  • The Porcelain Doll Remembers
  • The Porcupine with Quills of Ice

T, continued

  • The Portrait Aged While the Widow Slept
  • The Powder Compact Photograph
  • The Private Museum of Signor Gallo
  • The Private Obsession of the Judge
  • The Professor of Dead Languages Screamed
  • The Projectionist Changed the Reel
  • The Psychoanalyst Takes Notes in Red
  • The Puppet Theater of Spaccanapoli
  • The Puppeteer Has Too Many Hands
  • The Quiet Madness of Mrs. Harrow
  • The Quiet Tenant of the Mezzanine
  • The Rain Remembers What the Witness Forgot
  • The Raincoat on the Wrong Hook
  • The Raven with the Mother-of-Pearl Eye

T, continued

  • The Razor in the Shaving Mirror
  • The Receiver Left Off the Hook
  • The Restorer Found a Second Face
  • The Restorer of Oltrarno
  • The Rocking Horse in the Locked Nursery
  • The Roses Were Delivered to an Empty Grave
  • The Salamander in the Porcelain Bath
  • The Sanatorium Above the Pines
  • The Scarab with the Carnelian Wings
  • The Scarlet Monogram
  • The Schoolmistress and the Scarlet Chalk
  • The Scissors Cut Only Silk
  • The Scissors of the Wardrobe Mistress
  • The Scream Arrived Before the Train
  • The Script Girl Remembered Everything

T, continued

  • The Sculptor's Favorite Model
  • The Sea Gave Up Its Dead on a Sunday
  • The Seahorse in the Crystal Ashtray
  • The Seamstress Sewed the Clue into the Hem
  • The Second Before the Flashbulb
  • The Second Key Opens the Grave
  • The Second Scream Was Not Hers
  • The Secret Diary of a Dead Soprano
  • The Secret Garden of the Poisoner
  • The Secret Room of Madame Sorel
  • The Secret Sin of the Bell Ringer
  • The Sergeant and the Sleepwalker
  • The Sexton Rings for No One
  • The Shadow Arrived Before the Guests
  • The Shadow Came Up the Fire Escape

T, continued

  • The Shadow Followed Her to Mass
  • The Shadow Has Long Fingers
  • The Shadow Knows the House by Heart
  • The Shadow on the Staircase Wore My Perfume
  • The Shadow Paused at the Nursery Door
  • The Shadow Smoked a Turkish Cigarette
  • The Shadow Wears a Fedora
  • The Short Summer of the Strangler
  • The Silence of the Aviary After Midnight
  • The Silkworm in the Widow's Glove
  • The Silver Thimble Mystery
  • The Sixth Finger of the Organist
  • The Sixth Night of the Carnival
  • The Skeleton Key of Signor Abate

T, continued

  • The Snail on the Straight Razor's Edge
  • The Spring of the Poisoned Well
  • The Stag with Antlers of Wax
  • The Stain Returned Each Night at the Same Hour
  • The Staircase Counted Thirteen Steps That Evening
  • The Starling That Learned the Victim's Name
  • The Stenographer Took It All Down
  • The Stiletto Heel on the Marble
  • The Stork with the Lacquered Beak
  • The Straight Pin in the Wax Figure
  • The Strange Appetite of the Collector
  • The Strange Guests of Contessa Moroni
  • The Strange Hobby of the Notary
  • The Strange Inheritance of Lucilla Brandi
  • The Strange Perfume of Aunt Ortensia

T, continued

  • The Strange Silence of Doctor Ferrante
  • The Strange Sleep of the Night Watchman
  • The Strange Vice of the Night Telephonist
  • The Strange Vice of the Third Tenant
  • The Strange Wedding at the Lake House
  • The Stranger Asked for Room Thirteen
  • The Stranger at the Second Funeral
  • The Stranger Brought His Own Rope
  • The Stranger Carried a Violin Case
  • The Stranger in the Camel Coat
  • The Stranger Knew Which Step Creaked
  • The Stranger Laughs in the Wrong Places
  • The Stranger Paid for Everyone's Drinks
  • The Sunday of the Open Window
  • The Sunglasses of the Sleeping Woman

T, continued

  • The Swallow That Never Left Verona
  • The Swan with the Throat of Coral
  • The Sweet Poison of Aunt Clotilde
  • The Sweet Tooth of the Strangler
  • The Switchboard Girl Listens In
  • The Syringe in the Sewing Basket
  • The Tape Recorder Under the Bed
  • The Taxidermist's Apprentice
  • The Telephone Cord Knot
  • The Telephone Rang in a House with No Line
  • The Tenth Mask Is the Killer's
  • The Third Floor Does Not Answer
  • The Thirteenth Photograph
  • The Thousand Faces of Signora Lodi

T, continued

  • The Thrush with the Cut-Glass Song
  • The Tide Brought Back the Wrong Body
  • The Toad in the Bishop's Garden
  • The Topaz Chandelier
  • The Tourist Bought the Wrong Postcard
  • The Tower That Watches Siena
  • The Translator Left Out a Word
  • The Trastevere Strangler
  • The Tuesday Nobody Remembers
  • The Tune in the Tortoiseshell Box
  • The Tuning Fork Murders
  • The Turquoise Telephone
  • The Turtle with a Candle on Its Back
  • The Twelfth Guest Brought the Knife
  • The Twins from the Trapeze

T, continued

  • The Typewriter Went On Without a Typist
  • The Umbrella with the Sharpened Tip
  • The Understudy Learned Every Line
  • The Veil Caught in the Elevator Gate
  • The Vermilion Signature
  • The Villa of the Seven Cypresses
  • The Villa Where the Clocks Run Backward
  • The Villa with the Bricked-Up Balcony
  • The Viper with the Scales of Jade
  • The Voice on the Tape Belonged to the Victim
  • The Walking Stick with the Hidden Blade
  • The Wardrobe Mistress Kept the Receipt
  • The Wasp with the Opal Sting
  • The Wax Melted and Showed Us Her Face
  • The Wax Museum of the Via Nera

T, continued

  • The Weasel in the Ermine Stole
  • The Wednesday Matinee Murders
  • The Widow Laughed at the Funeral
  • The Wind Turned the Pages of the Dead Man's Diary
  • The Winter of the Velvet Mask
  • The Witness Cannot Remember the Color
  • The Witness Changed Her Story Twice
  • The Witness Has a Twin
  • The Witness Is Under the Floorboards
  • The Witness Lost Her Voice at Midnight
  • The Witness Only Speaks to Birds
  • The Witness Painted What She Saw
  • The Witness Sleepwalks
  • The Witness Was Looking at the Wrong Window

T, continued

  • The Witness Wore Dark Glasses
  • The Wolf Spider in the Sugar Bowl
  • The Yellow Room Has No Windows
  • They Buried the Secret Under the Lemon Trees
  • They Found Her Shoes Facing the Wall
  • Thirteen at the Table of the Marchesa
  • Thirteen Keys on the Sexton's Ring
  • Thirteen Steps to the Darkroom
  • Thirty Pieces of Silver Nitrate
  • Three Black Feathers in the Mailbox
  • Three Colors of the Scream
  • Three Drops of Wax on the Will
  • Three Knocks on the Greenhouse Door
  • Three Sisters and a Single Alibi
  • Tonight the Statues Will Close Their Eyes

T, continued

  • Tre rose sul davanzale
  • Tremolo
  • Trieste, End of the Line
  • Trompe-l'Oeil
  • Turin, City of Four Shadows
  • Turquoise Water, Still Face
  • Twelve Mannequins, One Breathing
  • Twelve Photographs of the Same Scream
  • Twelve Strokes of the Bronze Clock
  • Twenty Paces Behind Her
  • Twenty-One Days of Rain and Knives
  • Twilight in the Hall of Mirrors
  • Two Candles for a Stranger's Wake
  • Two Shadows on One Wall
  • Two Tickets to a Funeral

U: 9 names

  • Un fiore per l'assassino
  • Un guanto nero sulla tastiera
  • Un urlo dalla soffitta
  • Una rosa nera per la signora
  • Una voce nel corridoio
  • Under the Ice the Bride Was Still Waving
  • Under the Ponte Vecchio, a Glove
  • Undici candele per un morto
  • Upstairs Somebody Is Trying On Her Gloves

V: 15 names

  • Variations on a Scream
  • Velvet Hysteria
  • Velvet Vertigo
  • Venetian Nerves
  • Venice Drowns Its Witnesses
  • Verdigris on the Angel's Wings
  • Vermilion Footprints on the Parquet
  • Verona Has No Balcony for the Dead
  • Vespers in a Deconsecrated Chapel
  • Vetriolo
  • Vienna Waltzes with a Corpse
  • Vigil for a Faceless Bride
  • Violet Ink on the Death Certificate
  • Violets for a Sleeping Stranger
  • Voltafaccia

W: 52 names

  • Waltz of the Faceless Partner
  • Wax Sonata
  • What Became of the Girl in the Third Row?
  • What Color Was the Stranger's Scarf?
  • What Did the Mirror Keep?
  • What Did the Night Nurse See?
  • What Did the Parrot Say to the Inspector?
  • What Does the Deaf Girl Hear at Night?
  • What Have You Done to the Weather Vane?
  • What Is Buried Under the Rose Garden?
  • What Is the Housekeeper Burning?
  • What Is Ticking Inside the Doll?
  • What Was Hidden in the Cello Case?

W, continued

  • Where Did Livia Sleep on Friday?
  • Where Did the Countess Hide the Scissors?
  • Where Do the Dolls Go at Night?
  • Where Does the Red Thread End?
  • Where Is the Other Glove?
  • Where Is the Seventh Guest?
  • Where Were You When the Lights Failed?
  • Which Guest Will Not See Morning?
  • Which of the Sisters Is Lying?
  • Which Twin Is in the Coffin?
  • Which Window Was Lit at Three?
  • Whisper the Name and Blow Out the Candle
  • Who Cut the Wires at Intermission?

W, continued

  • Who Drank from the Second Glass?
  • Who Is Sleeping in Ottavia's Bed?
  • Who Is Wearing Marcella's Coat?
  • Who Left the Gate Open for the Fog?
  • Who Locked the Door from the Inside?
  • Who Moved the Mannequin?
  • Who Rang the Bell at the Empty Villa?
  • Who Sent Lilies to the Living?
  • Who Turned the Portrait to the Wall?
  • Who Was Laughing in the Crypt?
  • Who Wound the Clock in the Sealed Room?
  • Whose Blood on the Sheet Music?
  • Whose Face Under the Veil?

W, continued

  • Whose Footsteps on the Terrace?
  • Whose Hand Is on the Banister?
  • Whose Initials on the Cigarette Case?
  • Whose Lipstick on the Razor?
  • Whose Voice Is on the Dictaphone?
  • Why Are the Statues Facing the Lake?
  • Why Are There Two Shadows on the Stairs?
  • Why Did the Bride Wear Black Gloves?
  • Why Did the Dog Not Bark for Him?
  • Why Did the Tenor Stop Singing?
  • Why Does Nobody Mention Room Nine?
  • Why Does the Clock Strike Thirteen?
  • Why Is Signora Belmonte Smiling?

Y: 2 names

  • Yellow Is the Color of the Alibi
  • Your Shadow Arrived an Hour Before You

Z: 1 name

  • Zero Hour at the Fencing Academy