Umberto Scolari. Engineer. Thinker. Student to Il Maestro himself: Leonard da Vinci.

While da Vinci paints and designs machinery for his patrons, Umberto picks up the slack when someone needs a murder solved, a baby reunited with its mother, or help solving other crimes.

Peppered with well-known historical figures and often based around actual events, these five mystery stories bring the Italian Renaissance alive.