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Book

The sleeping nymph

Call Number

  • MYSTERY TUTI (OSH)

Languages

Translated from the Italian.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2020]

Physical Description

446 pages ; 22 cm.

Summary

"A decades-old murder investigation has landed on Superintendent Teresa Battaglia's desk. DNA analysis has revealed that a painting from the final days of World War II contains matter from a human heart. Teresa is able to trace the evidence to Val Resia, one of Italy's most isolated, untouched regions. When Teresa's investigation hits too close to the truth, a second human heart is hung at the valley's entrance, a warning not to cross its threshold. Meanwhile, Teresa must not only deal with rapidly progressing physical and cognitive ailments, but also someone she hoped never to see again-a man who is now her supervisor"--

Notes

"First published in Italian under the title Ninfa Dormiente, ©2019. First published in English in the United Kingdom under the title Painted in Blood by The Orion Publishing Group, Ltd, 2020"--Title page verso.

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