 But their breakthrough work was the critically acclaimed crime novel "La donna della domenica" (1972), set in Turin.The novel was eventually made into a film of the same title, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Louis Trintignant and directed by Luigi Comencini.Their next novel, "A che punto è la notte" (1979), shared the same protagonist, the commissioner Santamaria.