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Flowers Over The Inferno by Ilaria Tuti
Jun. 7th, 2025 09:14 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
An idyllic village in the Alps.
A legacy of sin.
An evil lurking in the woods.
In a quiet village surrounded by centuries-old woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a series of violent assaults take place.
Police inspector and profiler Teresa Battaglia is called back from the city when the first body is found in the woods, a naked man whose face has been disfigured and eyes gouged out. Teresa quickly realises that the killer intends to strike again, and soon more victims are found - all having been subjected to horrendous mutilations. When a new-born baby is kidnapped, Teresa’s investigation becomes a race against the clock …
But Teresa is also fighting a different kind of battle: a battle against her own body, weighed down by age and diabetes, and her mind, once invincible an now slowly gnawing away at her memory …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Ilaria Tuti’s debut thriller (the first in a trilogy and translated from Italian by Ekin Oklap) draws on an actual event as the basis for this uneven story of child cruelty and village secrets. Battaglia held my interest with her health issues, the hints at previous spousal abuse and her attempts to deal with the onset of Alzheimer’s but the profiling feels very old-fashioned and her relationship with the under-developed Marini doesn’t convince.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
A legacy of sin.
An evil lurking in the woods.
In a quiet village surrounded by centuries-old woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a series of violent assaults take place.
Police inspector and profiler Teresa Battaglia is called back from the city when the first body is found in the woods, a naked man whose face has been disfigured and eyes gouged out. Teresa quickly realises that the killer intends to strike again, and soon more victims are found - all having been subjected to horrendous mutilations. When a new-born baby is kidnapped, Teresa’s investigation becomes a race against the clock …
But Teresa is also fighting a different kind of battle: a battle against her own body, weighed down by age and diabetes, and her mind, once invincible an now slowly gnawing away at her memory …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Ilaria Tuti’s debut thriller (the first in a trilogy and translated from Italian by Ekin Oklap) draws on an actual event as the basis for this uneven story of child cruelty and village secrets. Battaglia held my interest with her health issues, the hints at previous spousal abuse and her attempts to deal with the onset of Alzheimer’s but the profiling feels very old-fashioned and her relationship with the under-developed Marini doesn’t convince.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
