La casa senza ricordi
Translated title: The House Without Memories
Author: Carrisi, Donato
Genre: Fantasy / Horror
Year: 2021 | Pages: 398 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 84796
In the big dull house at the top of the hill, a little girl always lives alone... Her name is Eva, she is ten years old, and with her there are only a housekeeper and a Finnish au pair, Maja Salo. No trace of parents.
It is precisely Maja who desperately seeks the help of Pietro Gerber, the best hypnotist in Florence, the baby sleeper. Eva hasn't really been alone for some time now. With her is an imaginary friend, nameless and faceless. And because of this presence, perhaps Eve is in danger
Jane e il mistero della principessa. Le indagini di Jane Austen
Translated title: Jane and the Princess Mystery: Jane Austen's Investigations
Author: Barron, Stephanie
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Year: 2026 | Pages: 272 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 91768
Translated
A Russian noblewoman, precious jewels, a conspiracy to uncover.
London, 1811. Fresh from writing Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen joins her brother Henry, a brilliant banker, and his charming wife Eliza in their elegant home on Sloane Street. Immersed in a world of witty conversations, glittering gowns, and receptions, Jane observes with discretion and irony this microcosm of ambition, secrets, and vanity. But not even her keen eye is prepared for the scandal that erupts when the private correspondence between a Russian princess and an influential Tory minister is suddenly made public, much less for the tragedy that follows: the beautiful Evgenia Cholikova is found with her throat slit right outside the residence of the minister, Lord Castlereagh.
While public opinion whispers of a romantic suicide and gossip tarnishes the princess's reputation, Jane does not believe the official version. Her doubts, however, become unsettling when a web of coincidences places her and Eliza at the center of the investigation as prime suspects. Why would someone want to frame them? And who, behind the scenes of high society, had an interest in eliminating the princess? With only seven days to prove her innocence, Jane is forced to delve into the halls of power and the boudoirs of the most influential courtesans, on the trail of a murderer capable of threatening not only her life, but also the fate of England
Cucina in giallo
Translated title: Kitchen in Yellow
Author: Sellerio Editore Palermo
Genre: Short Stories / Mystery
Year: 2023 | Pages: 432 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87857
Sellerio's new mystery anthology. All the ingredients are there. Among tasty dishes, mysterious recipes, gourmet dinners, and traditional cuisine, crime lurks. Eight enigmas to solve while laughing heartily. The art of cooking is one of the things we most enjoy and talk about in everyday life. And so it's an irresistible subject for Sellerio mystery anthologies, which seek to entangle their heroes in everyday life. Marta and Berta Miralles, the two policewomen and sisters in Alicia Giménez-Bartlett's mystery novels, unmask the person who murdered for despicable reasons during a Thai cooking class. This is a case of crime 'with cooking', followed by stories that explore various possible combinations of mystery and cuisine
Holly
Author: King, Stephen
Genre: Crime
Year: 2024 | Pages: 512 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87872
Translated
Stephen King's Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King's new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.
When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.
Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.
Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King
The Love Map
Author: Blue, Camy
Genre: Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 640 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87889
Grace Mitchell is a whirlwind of colors with a sharp tongue and a disdain for all things romantic, ever since her ex-boyfriend broke her heart. She writes for a women's magazine but despises the column she edits, dreaming instead of writing her first screenplay. Matthew Howard, a literature professor recently fired from Columbia, is forced to reinvent himself using his photography skills.
They are thrust together to create a tourist guide to New York, revisiting iconic locations from famous romantic comedies. He takes the pictures; she writes the heart-stirring descriptions. The twist? Grace and Matthew already know---and despise----each other. Yet, as they clash repeatedly, their undeniable attraction grows, forcing them to battle their feelings with all their might
Il Castagno dei cento cavalli
Translated title: The Chestnut Tree of One Hundred Horses
Series: Volume 8
Author: Scalia, Cristina Cassar
Genre: Thriller / Crime
Year: 2024 | Pages: 320 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87888
'The Woodcutter' was a shy person, but she didn't bother anyone: one of those people who seem to have neither friends nor enemies. Yet someone killed her. Then they attacked her corpse as if with a specific intent.
A new case for Vanina Guarrasi.
At the foot of the Chestnut Tree of One Hundred Horses, a centuries-old tree that grows on the slopes of Mount Etna, two forest rangers find the body of a brutally murdered woman. The crime scene is disconcerting. For Deputy Commissioner Guarrasi of the Catania Flying Squad, the investigation immediately appears complex, if only because there is virtually no information about the victim, almost as if she had no past.
The experience and memory of retired Commissioner Biagio Patanè - the best when it comes to abandoning technological advances and operating the old-fashioned way - are therefore more useful than ever, even if the elderly officer appears somewhat distracted by a personal problem. Vanina herself struggles to reconcile her personal life with her work: the former always draws her back to Palermo, her hometown; the latter takes her instead to a 'place of the soul' that harks back to her childhood
L'amica geniale, 1 - (infanzia, adolescenza)
Translated title: My Brilliant Friend, 1 - (Childhood, Adolescence)
Author: Ferrante, Elena
Genre: Historical / Family Saga
Year: 2023 | Pages: 327 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 84797
My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante's inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighbourhood, a city and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her two protagonists
Affari di provincia - Storie criminali realmente accadute
Translated title: Provincial Affairs - Crime Stories That Really Happened
Author: Berlioz, Federico
Genre: Crime / Short Stories
Year: 2024 | Pages: 290 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87861
Crime short stories
Camera con balcone
Translated title: Room with Balcony
Author: Exbrayat, Charles
Genre: Mystery / Crime
Year: 2024 | Pages: 194 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87882
Translated
The moors around Callander have turned bronze as autumn arrives, and with it, Imogene McCarthy. Stepping off the train in her red tartan scarf and long wool coat, she breathes a sigh of relief - she's finally home, far from the chaos of London. It's been three years since she last set foot in Callander, earning a heroine's reputation for stopping a dangerous spy. Now, she just wants to relax and savor the scent of Scotland, a mix of musk and whisky.
But her peace is shattered when she spots a lifeless man from her balcony, and the resentful police quickly accuse her of murder. The very woman who might kill someone only by challenging them to a scotch-drinking contest must now don her detective hat once more, this time to clear her own name
Tutte le donne del mondo
Translated title: All the Women in the World
Author: Fouassier, Éric
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 106 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 91771
Because behind every woman lies a universe shattered and reassembled. A secret story, a silent battle, a light that refuses to dim. And perhaps, ultimately, our greatest victory is precisely this: to continue to shine, even when the world seems designed to extinguish us
