Mother of Bones

Has Superintendent Battaglia definitively lost the fight for her own personal integrity? All those who care for her are trying to resist the feeling that this is indeed the case, and they are doing everything in their power to make her onward journey through life easier after she has finally retired to private life. But the situation changes abruptly: an anonymous phone call sends Massimo into the mountains in the middle of the night, on his own, where he finds a confused Teresa holding the bloodied corpse of a young man. All the evidence points to a mysterious suicide. But appearances can be deceiving. What does Teresa have to do with all this? Will this be her last case? The past still holds many unsolved mysteries… “Ilaria Tuti has once again created a magical, profound story.” Corriere della Sera