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Title details for The Sleeping Nymph by Ilaria Tuti - Available

The Sleeping Nymph

#2 in series

by Ilaria Tuti
Ekin Oklap
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In the highly anticipated 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 Teresa's 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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Teresa Battaglia

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 8, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705007518
      • File size: 413704 KB
      • Duration: 14:21:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 27, 2020
      Tuti’s outstanding sequel to 2019’s Flowers over the Inferno plunges Supt. Teresa Battaglia into a cold case reaching back more than seven decades. When experts authenticate a recently resurfaced, long-lost painting dated 1945, The Sleeping Nymph, they find traces of cardiac tissue, suggesting that the then 23-year-old artist, Alessio Andrian, executed it by “dipping his fingers in someone’s heart.” DNA analysis indicates it belongs to a resident of the Resia Valley, an isolated region of Northern Italy. Teresa and her team, including her malcontent assistant, Insp. Massimo Marini, travel to the valley to investigate. They eventually identify the heart’s owner, but the stakes rise with the discovery of a fresh human heart nailed to a signpost. Flashbacks to WWII reveal the dramatic story of Andrian, who apparently went mad soon after painting The Sleeping Nymph and never painted again. An intense plot, alluring secondary characters, and the contentious but endearing relationship between Teresa and Massimo make for engrossing reading. Readers will eagerly await Tuti’s next.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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