The Teresa Battaglia Novels - Book 2
The Sleeping Nymph
“A beautifully written tale of familial horror that will sometimes chill you to the bones.”
Gumshoe Review
In this follow-up to Flowers over the Inferno, Superintendent Teresa Battaglia returns for a chilling cold case.
After forty years on the Italian police force, the once-brilliant criminal profiler is flagging under the wear of the job when a decades-old murder investigation lands on her 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 Teresas investigation hits too close to the truth, a fresh human heart is hung at the valley's entrance, a warning not to cross its threshold.
As she hunts a ruthless killer, Teresa must face down her own rapidly deteriorating physical and cognitive abilities, as well as someone she hoped never to see again-a man who has just become her supervisor.
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