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Ilaria Tuti's thriller debut explores a remote community in Northern Italy - a place of secrets, eerie folktales, and primal instincts. In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-sixties, her rank and expertise hard-won from decades of battling for respect in the male-dominated Italian police force. While she's not sure she trusts the young city inspector assigned to assist her, she sees right away that this is no ordinary case: buried deep in these mountains is a dark history that may endanger a group of eight-year-old children toward whom the killer seems to gravitate. As Teresa inches closer to the truth, she must also confront the possibility that her body and mind, worn down by age and illness, may fail her before the chase is over.
About the Author
ILARIA TUTI lives in Friuli, in the far north-eastern part of Italy.FLOWERS OVER THE INFERNO, her debut novel and the first book in the Teresa Battaglia trilogy, was a Times 'Crime Book of the Month' and has received rave reviews around the world. In Italy it was a top 10 bestseller on publication and the biggest debut of 2018 in Italy.Her second novel SLEEPING NYMPH was published in Italy in May 2019 and became an instant top 5 bestseller. It will be published in English in spring 2020 and you can pre-order it now. EVERYONE LOVES TERESA BATTAGLIA:'It's rare that a character like Teresa Battaglia enters crime fiction for the first time, and with such gripping impact' Marcel Berlins, The Times (Crime Book of the Month) 'Teresa Battaglia is set to give Tyneside's Vera a run for her money' Lancashire Post'I was rooting for Teresa Battaglia from the start' Sarah Ward, author of In Bitter Chill'I totally fell for the tough-but-vulnerable Teresa Battaglia' Roz Watkins, author of The Devil's Dice'Teresa Battaglia is one of the most interesting detectives to emerge in recent years' M. W. Craven, author of The Puppet Show'A brilliant protagonist, an eerie setting and a community hiding dark secrets' Dead Good (Debut crime novels to watch out for in 2019)
