La donna della domenica

"La donna della domenica " (translated into English by William Weaver as "The Sunday Woman" in 1973) is a mystery novel by Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini, published in 1972.

The novel is set in Turin, an deals with the investigation of commissioner Santamaria about the murder of an architect of dubious fame, Garrone. Among the protagonists are Anna Carla Dosio, a beautiful and rich woman, and her friend Massimo Campi, a rich homosexual, who, while playing an intellectual game, had Garrone "killed" in a letter due to his bad taste. Later in the novel, Campi's boyfriend, Lello, a municipal clerk who was investigating by himself on the murder, is also killed. In the end of the novel suspects against the two are raised when Santamaria discovers that Garrone had been killed for his blackmailing, related to a project for a new quarter of buildings, against an old woman.

The book is notable for its ironical portrait of Turin's bourgeoise. It is also considered one of the first example of modern Italian crime novels.

A movie with the same title, directed by Luigi Comencini, was released in 1976, starring Marcello Mastroianni as Santamaria, Jacqueline Bisset as Anna Carla and Jean-Louis Trintignant as Massimo.