The Sleeping Nymph — Ilaria Tuti

The second installment in the critically acclaimed trilogy featuring Superintendent Teresa Battaglia.

A bizarre cold case has landed on Superintendent Teresa Battaglia's desk. DNA analysis has revealed that a portrait from the final days of World War II was painted with matter from a human heart. The evidence leads Teresa to Val Resia, one of the most untouched regions in Italy and a bubble of shockingly well-preserved genetic matter from four centuries past.

When Teresa's investigation comes too close to the truth, another human heart is hung at the entrance of the valley, a warning not to cross its threshold. Meanwhile, Teresa must not only deal with her progressing illness, but also someone she hoped she would never have to see again--a man who is now her new boss.