Something is hiding… Among the forest and the overhanging rocks, down in the ravine leading to the stream… Traces of blood tell me—experience suggests it already happened, but it could happen again. This is only the beginning. Something terrible has happened in these mountains. Something that requires all of my skills as an investigator.
I’m a police commissioner specializing in profiling, and I descend into hell every day. Not a gun, not a uniform: my mind is the real weapon.
But it’s betraying me. Not the body, affected by age—not my tortured heart. My reason is in danger, and that means the investigation is in danger too.
My name is Teresa Buttalia. I have a secret that I’m not allowed to confess—even to myself—and for the first time in my life, I’m afraid…