The most famous young detective around.
At least, according to him.

Linus likes to work in the shadows, but he's a detective so famous that he's destined for glory! He claims to have a personal secretary, whom he refers to as Mum for convenience's sake, and an assistant Bagarre, a little dog whose potential Mum doesn't seem to have understood yet. He is an eccentric and awkward version of the famous film noir investigators.

• Linus has very specific ideas about how to be an investigator: you need 1) incredible disguise skills – hence his costume wardrobe; 2) the ability to make snap decisions – which Mum then shoots down; and 3) a painstaking dedication to investigating cases – necessarily leading him to neglect his homework.
• A story inspired by classics that borrows all the typical features of the noir genre: the detective, the secretary, the cop, the sidekick, the femme fatale, the secret informant, the villains, even jazz music (and some trap too).

DETECTIVE LINUS AND THE TURQUOISE FALCON

One summer morning, Linus receives a postcard from his friend Giangi. Apparently there’s a new threat in town. It seems like a case for Linus, the most famous young detective around! Of course, he should be doing his holiday homework, but how can he concentrate on that when his town is teeming with crimes and mysteries?

DETECTIVE LINUS INCREDIBLY SOLVES ANOTHER CASE

It's September, and Linus goes back to school to encounter new fame and old friends. The most famous young detective around has to be especially careful, as things at the Alfred Institute have changed: the new headmaster, obsessed with punctuality, has had the ancient clock on the building’s facade restored, and doesn't want any investigations at the school. What is he afraid of?

DETECTIVE LINUS. HIS ENEMIES HATE HIM, HIS FRIENDS PUT UP WITH HIM

Mum has to go out of town for the whole weekend for a work conference, and Linus has to stay with his hated neighbour: police inspector Oreste De Marinis. Linus soon finds out that a school short film is being made in Contessa Tuminsegni’s villa. His greedy passion for cinema leads him to sneak onto the set, where he immediately starts causing chaos. But things take a serious turn when the Contessa’s priceless rubies disappear. Filming breaks off and Linus finds himself solving the case alongside De Marinis. Will they manage to find the thief? 

DETECTIVE LINUS AND THE DISHONOURABLE CASE OF THE MISSING HONOURABLE

It’s a quiet Sunday in late October when Linus's father, his idol, his mentor, is back. He is now here to get a second chance. Linus is so happy about it that he indulges him in everything, even pretending not to be interested in Halloween – with all due respect to his poor neighbour Mr De Marinis, who is organising the celebrations just for him. Meanwhile, Mrs Putacaso arrives at the young detective’s house to entrust him with an investigation: someone has kidnapped her husband, the Honourable Mr Putacaso. Will Linus manage to find him and at the same time reconnect with his father?