In this βabsolutely electrifyingβ (Jeffrey Deaver) thriller and huge international hit, two peopleβeach shattered by their pastβteam up to solve a series of killings and abductions that may hint at something far more sinister at play.
When a woman is beheaded in a park outside Rome and her six-year-old son goes missing, the police see an easy solution: they arrest the womanβs husband and await his confession. But the chief of Romeβs major crimes unit has doubts.
Secretly, he lures to the case two of Italyβs top analytical minds: Deputy Captain Colomba Caselli, a fierce, warrior-like detective still reeling from having survived a bloody catastrophe, and Dante Torre, a man who spent his childhood trapped inside a concrete silo. Fed by the gloved hand of a masked kidnapper who called himself βthe Father,β Dante emerged from his ordeal with crippling claustrophobia but, also, with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and hyperobservant capacities.
All evidence suggests that the Father is back and active after being dormant for decades. But when Colomba and Dante begin following the ever-more-bizarre trail of clues, they grasp that whatβs really going on is darker than they ever imagined.
An βintense, gripping, and entirely unforgettableβ (Christopher Reich) thriller with many twists and turns, itβs perfect for fans of Thomas Harris and Jo Nesbo.