'SUPERINTENDENT TERESA BATTAGLIA, A CRIMINAL PROFILE EXPERT, IS IN HER SIXTIES, OVERWEIGHT, LONELY, DIABETIC, FULL OF THE AILMENTS OF AGEING - AND DELIGHTFUL. IT'S RARE THAT SUCH A CHARACTER ENTERS CRIME FICTION FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND WITH SUCH GRIPPING IMPACT' Marcel Berlins, The Times Crime Book of the Month In a quiet village surrounded by the imposing Italian Alps, a series of brutal assaults take place. Police inspector Teresa Battaglia is called in when the first body is found. Soon more victims are discovered - all horrifically mutilated - and when a new-born baby is kidnapped, Teresa's investigation becomes a race against the clock. But Teresa is also fighting a battle against her own body, weighed down by age and diabetes, and her mind, once invincible and now slowly gnawing away at her memory...

Author Biography

ILARIA TUTI lives in Friuli, in the far north-eastern part of Italy. FLOWERS OVER THE INFERNO, the first book in the Teresa Battaglia trilogy, was a Times 'Crime Book of the Month' and a top 10 bestseller on publication in Italy. Her second novel PAINTED IN BLOOD was published in Italy in 2019 and became an instant top 5 bestseller.