Linda Lappin

Broschiertes Buch

Signatures in Stone

A Bomarzo Mystery

Beschreibung

Captivating critics and readers, SIGNATURES IN STONE, was the OVERALL WINNER in the DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARDS for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense Writing - best mystery of 2013 Rome, Italy - Summer 2023 - Pleasure Boat Studio is thrilled to announce the release of the second edition of Linda Lappin's celebrated novel, SIGNATURES IN STONE: A BOMARZO MYSTERY. This captivating suspense tale takes readers on a thrilling journey through the enigmatic Monster Park of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacred Wood, an extraordinary Baroque sculpture garden in Italy. With the 500th anniversary of the park's creation approaching, this edition is accompanied by a magnificent new cover and a series of Tarot card illustrations by Santa Fe artist Carolyn Florek. Four travelers-an art critic, an aspiring painter, an aristocrat, and a mystery writer-meet in Italy's eerie Monster Park of Bomarzo during the Fascist era. The park's grotesque statues hide an alchemical secret. They point out a pathway to self-knowledge that leads through hell before ascending to the light. Finestone, the art critic, sees the park as a cosmic tool to alter fate, while Daphne, the mystery writer, believes hidden signs and signatures can reveal the future and uncover the truth of past events. When a murder in the park shocks the group, Daphne becomes the prime suspect. To solve the murder and clear her name, she must confront her own demons and read the signs scattered all around her. In solving the murder she'll also crack the code of the Monster Park, and discover the source of its life-transforming power.

Autor

Linda Lappin, poet, translator, and novelist, is the prize-winning author of four novels: The Etruscan (Wynkin deWorde, 2004); Katherine's Wish (Wordcraft, 2008), dealing with the last five years of Katherine Mansfield's life; Signatures in Stone: A Bomarzo Mystery (Pleasureboat Studio, 2013), overall winner of the Daphne Du Maurier award for best mystery novel of 2013; and Loving Modigliani: The Afterlife of Jeanne Hébuterne (Serving House Books, 2020), Daphne Du Maurier award finalist and shortlisted for the 2021 Montaigne Medal for Books of Distinction. She is also the author of The Soul of Place: Ideas and Exercises for Conjuring the Genius Loci, (Travelers Tales, 2015), winner of a Nautilus Award in the category of creativity in 2015. A former Fulbright scholar to Italy, she has lived mainly in Rome for over thirty years. She is at work on a second Daphne Dublanc mystery novel, Melusine, set in Bolsena.Her website is www.lindalappin.net

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pleasure Boat Studio
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9798987152195
• Artikelnr.: 68476863