Donato Carrisi Books

A new Italian literary thriller sensation from the prize-winning, record- breaking author of THE WHISPERER and THE LOST GIRLS OF ROME.

The new literary thriller from international phenomenon Donato Carrisi, bestselling author of THE WHISPERER and THE GIRL IN THE FOG.

"Six buried arms. Six missing girls. A team led by Captain Roche and internationally renowned criminologist Goran Gavila are on the trail of a serial killer whose ferocity seems to have no limits. And he seems to be taunting them, leading them to discover each small corpse in turn; but the clues on the bodies point to several different killers. Roche and Gavila bring in Mila Vasquez, a specialist in cases involving children, and Mila discovers that the real killer is one who has never lifted a finger against the girls - but merely psychologically instructs others to do his work: a 'subliminal killer' - the hardest to catch."--

A young girl has mysteriously disappeared in Rome. As rain lashes the ancient streets, two men, Clemente and Marcus, sit in a café 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.

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.

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.

Pietro Gerber non è uno psicologo come gli altri. La sua specializzazione è l'ipnosi. Hanna è tormentata da un ricordo vivido, ma che potrebbe non essere reale: un omicidio. Quella bambina, a dieci anni, ha assistito a un omicidio. O forse non ha semplicemente visto. Forse l'assassina è proprio lei

À Rome, Marcus, amnésique, est le seul capable de résoudre l'enlèvement d'une étudiante. Il rencontre Sandra, enquêtrice photo, qui doute de la mort accidentelle de son mari. Ensemble, ils devront faire face à un choix entre vengeance et pardon.

Sono le cinque meno dieci esatte. Il lago si intravede all’orizzonte, una linea di grafite, nera e argento. L’uomo che pulisce sta per iniziare la sua giornata di raccolta della spazzatura, un lavoro che non lo disgustano, anzi, lo considera necessario. Sa che nei rifiuti si nascondono segreti profondi, e lui ha la capacità di interpretarli e usarli. Tuttavia, anche lui nasconde un segreto. Vive seguendo abitudini consolidate, eccezion fatta per rare serate speciali. Ma la sua vita ordinata sarà stravolta dall’incontro con una ragazzina col ciuffo viola. Scelto di essere invisibile, si troverà coinvolto nella realtà inconfessabile della ragazza. Il rischio non è solo che qualcuno scopra chi è, ma di contrariare l’uomo dietro la porta verde, una minaccia sin dall’infanzia. Nel frattempo, la cacciatrice di mosche ha una missione: fermare la violenza e salvare donne. Niente può fermarla, nemmeno la sua pessima forma fisica o la sua fama oscura. Quando il lago restituisce una traccia, sa che è un messaggio solo per lei. Deve stanare l’ombra invisibile al centro dell’abisso.