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Ten years after the debut of the international bestseller The
Whisperer, the challenge begins again. The phone call to the police
arrives at dusk from an isolated farmhouse, fifty miles from the
city. A terrified woman's voice pleads for help. But a violent
storm rages in the area and the first available patrol only
succeeds in reaching her hours later. It is too late. Something
perturbing has happened, something which leaves the investigators
in the dark. Just one person is able to reveal the message hidden
behind this act of evil, but this person is no longer a policeman.
She left her work as a missing persons investigator and withdrew
from society to live an isolated existence beside a lake; her
daughter Alice her only companion. Even so, when she is called upon
to help with this case, Mila Vasquez cannot shirk her duty. The
investigation involves her closely . . . more than she could ever
believe. It is a game and it has only just started. Because he is
always a step ahead.
Sunday Times Crime Book Club Pick Mail on Sunday Thriller of the
Week 'A coldly brilliant expose of the depths of human nature'
SUNDAY TIMES 'Compelling, beautifully constructed and atmospheric'
DAILY MAIL Sixty-two days after the disappearance . . . A man is
arrested in the small town of Avechot. His shirt is covered in
blood. Could this have anything to do with a missing girl called
Anna Lou? What really happened to the girl? Detective Vogel will do
anything to solve the mystery surrounding Anna Lou's disappearance.
When a media storm hits the quiet town, Vogel is sure that the
suspect will be flushed out. Yet the clues are confusing, perhaps
false, and following them may be a far cry from discovering the
truth at the heart of a dark town. FOR FANS OF DONNA LEON AND
MICHELE GIUTTARI, GET READY FOR THE CRIME THRILLER OF THE YEAR.
'Carrisi is an expert at misdirection . . . this is a thoroughly
disconcerting, addictive thriller guaranteed to freeze your soul'
METRO
A young girl has mysteriously disappeared in Rome. As rain lashes
the ancient streets, two men, Clemente and Marcus, sit in a cafe
near the Piazza Navona and pore over the details of the case. They
are members of the ancient Penitenzeri - a unique Italian team,
linked to the Vatican, and trained in the detection of true evil.
But they are not alone. Sandra - a brilliant forensics expert with
a tragic past - is also working on the case. When her path crosses
theirs, not only do they make headway in the case of the missing
girl, but they also uncover a terrible secret world, hidden in the
dark recesses of Rome. A world that is as perfect as it is evil...A
spellbinding literary thriller from the author of The Whisperer,
this novel offers a window onto the hidden secrets of Rome.
Beautifully capturing the atmosphere of the city, it blends a
page-turning plot with fascinating historical fact.
'A violent storm prevents the police from rushing to the aid of a
frightened woman at a secluded farmhouse and an ex-policewoman has
to confront a truly sinister killer. Carrisi is a leader in the
Italian crime field...Ingenious' Financial Times The phone call to
the police arrives at dusk from an isolated farmhouse. A terrified
woman's voice pleads for help. But a violent storm rages in the
area and the first available patrol only succeeds in reaching her
hours later. It is too late. Something terrible has happened,
something which leaves the investigators groping for clues. Just
one person is able to reveal the message hidden behind this act of
evil, but she left her work as a missing persons investigator to
live a life of isolation; her daughter Alice her only companion.
Even so, when she is called upon to help with this case, Mila
Vasquez cannot shirk her duty. The investigation involves her even
more closely than she realises. It is a game and it has only just
started. Because he is always a step ahead
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Into the Labyrinth (Paperback)
Donato Carrisi; Translated by Katherine Gregor
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'Intriguing and very scary' Ken Follett Abducted at thirteen.
Returned at twenty-eight. Is it time to go back into the labyrinth?
A young woman named Samantha Andretti wakes up in a hospital bed.
Samantha was abducted when she was thirteen. She was kept prisoner
for fifteen years. The man by her side, Dr. Green, believes that
Samantha's memories contain the clues that will lead to the capture
of her abductor. But why does she keep referring to a labyrinth?
Outside the hospital, private investigator Bruno Genko does not
have long to live. Bruno was assigned to Samantha's case many years
ago, and now it is his chance to make amends. Can Samantha be
persuaded to go back into the labyrinth? And how did the man at its
centre vanish so quickly? Praise for The Girl in the Fog by Donato
Carrisi: 'A coldly brilliant expose of the depths of human nature'
Sunday Times 'Compelling, beautifully written and atmospheric'
Daily Mail 'A thoroughly disconcerting, addictive thriller' Metro
'Intriguing and very scary' KEN FOLLETT Abducted at thirteen.
Returned at twenty-eight. Is it time to go back into the labyrinth?
A young woman named Samantha Andretti wakes up in a hospital bed.
Samantha was abducted when she was thirteen. She was kept prisoner
for fifteen years. The man by her side, Dr. Green, believes that
Samantha's memories contain the clues that will lead to the capture
of her abductor. But why does she keep referring to a labyrinth?
Outside the hospital, private investigator Bruno Genko does not
have long to live. Bruno was assigned to Samantha's case many years
ago, and now it is his chance to make amends. Can Samantha be
persuaded to go back into the labyrinth? And how did the man its
the centre vanish so quickly? Praise for The Girl in the Fog by
Donato Carrisi: 'A coldly brilliant expose of the depths of human
nature' Sunday Times 'Compelling, beautifully written and
atmospheric' Daily Mail 'A thoroughly disconcerting, addictive
thriller' Metro
Six severed arms are discovered buried in a forest clearing. They are arranged in a mysterious circle, and appear to belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and thirteen. But the rest of the bodies are nowhere to be found.
Criminologist Goran Gavila is given the case. A dishevelled, instinctively rebellious man, he is forced to work with young female police officer Mila Vasquez. Lithe, boyish, answering to no one, Mila has a reputation as a specialist in missing children. She also has a tragic history of her own that has left her damaged, unable to feel or to relate to others. Theirs is a fiery but strangely affecting working relationship and as they uncover more secrets about the dark secrets in the forest, their lives are increasingly in each other's hands...
A gripping literary thriller that has taken Italy by storm, The Whisperer has been as sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg Larsson novels. It is that rare creation: a thought-provoking, intelligent literary novel that is also utterly unputdownable.
A gripping literary thriller and smash bestseller that has taken
Italy, France, Germany and the UK by storm.
Six severed arms are discovered, arranged in a mysterious circle
and buried in a clearing in the woods. Five of them appear to
belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and eighteen. The
sixth is yet to be identified. Worse still, the girls' bodies,
alive or dead, are nowhere to be found.
Obsessed with a case that becomes more tangled and intense as they
unravel the layers of evil, lead investigators Mila Vasquez, a
celebrated profiler, and Goran Gavila, an eerily prescient
criminologist, find that their lives are increasingly in each
other's hands. As sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg
Larsson novels, THE WHISPERER is that rare creation: a
thought-provoking, intelligent thriller that is also unputdownable.
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The Vanished Ones (Paperback)
Donato Carrisi; Translated by Howard Curtis
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We call them the sleepers . . . At the elite Missing Persons bureau
of the Federal Police, Mila Vasquez is tasked with finding the
hundreds of lost people who vanished from their former lives. The
longer they are gone, the more they are forgotten by the world. Now
they are returning. Appearing at random and wielding devastation,
they enact a horrifying pattern of murders, leaving Mila scrabbling
to discover where they have come from and what they want. Yet the
deeper into the case she gets, Mila begins to realise that her
colleagues are hiding something from her - something which will
jeopardise everything . . . Set in the world of Carrisi's
record-breaking debut, The Whisperer, The Vanished Ones is
intelligent, thrilling and incredibly compelling.
A brutal killer is on the streets of Rome. He leaves no trace. And
shows no mercy. A series of gruesome murders leaves the police
force in Rome reeling, with no real clues or hard evidence to
follow. Assigned to the case is Sandra Vega, a brilliant forensic
analyst, struggling to come to terms with the crimes and her own
past. Sandra's shared history with Marcus, a member of the ancient
Penitenzeri - a unique Italian team, linked to the Vatican, and
trained in the detection of true evil, means that the two are
brought together again in the pursuit of a malignant killer. Soon
Marcus and Sandra notice the emergence of a disturbing pattern
running alongside the latest killings - and every time they think
they have grasped a fragment of the truth, they are led down yet
another terrifying path. A sensational new literary thriller from
the bestselling author of The Whisperer, this novel captures the
beautiful atmosphere of Rome and explores its dark and hidden
secrets.
A gripping literary thriller and smash bestseller that has taken
Italy, France, Germany and the UK by storm.
Six severed arms are discovered, arranged in a mysterious circle
and buried in a clearing in the woods. Five of them appear to
belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and eighteen. The
sixth is yet to be identified. Worse still, the girls' bodies,
alive or dead, are nowhere to be found.
Lead investigators Mila Vasquez, a celebrated profiler, and Goran
Gavila, an eerily prescient criminologist, dive into the case.
They're confident they've got the right suspect in their sights
until they discover no link between him and any of the kidnappings
except the first. The evidence in the case of the second missing
child points in a vastly different direction, creating more
questions than it answers.
Vasquez and Gavila begin to wonder if they've been brought in to
take the fall in a near-hopeless case. Is it all coincidence? Or is
a copycat criminal at work? Obsessed with a case that becomes more
tangled and intense as they unravel the layers of evil, Gavila and
Vasquez find that their lives are increasingly in each other's
hands.
THE WHISPERER, as sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg
Larsson novels, is that rare creation: a thought-provoking,
intelligent thriller that is also utterly unputdownable.
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