QUOTES FROM REVIEWERS: "... an author and series not to miss!" -- Readers Favorite "I was spellbound by the intrigue and the courage of Serafina as she plunged head first into this mystery." -- Susan Livingston, Reviewer "Serafina is a great character and I loved getting to know her... She does her best and never gives up even when things start to seem hopeless." -- Katie Cody, Reviewer DESCRIPTION: When the police do nothing to solve the murders of three prostitutes knifed to death in 1866 Sicily, a struggling widow unmasks the killer, but not before uncovering burdensome truths of her own. It is six years after Unification and Sicily is in chaos. Bandits rule the hills. Waves of cholera kill thousands. The mafia begins its reign of organized terror, raping a population squeezed by conscription, crippling taxes, and corrupt officials. At a high-class house near Palermo, three prostitutes have been knifed to death, their foreheads slashed with a strange mark, their bodies dumped on the madam's doorstep. When the chief inspector does little to solve the case, the madam summons her lifelong friend and asks her to catch the killer. A forty-something midwife with seven children and diminishing funds, Serafina decides she must help her friend. She plunges into the investigation, gathering evidence, following leads. She meets with relatives and friends of the deceased and discovers a thread common to all three victims. But after a fourth victim is strangled, Serafina's hopes for a quick resolution are dashed. Her emotional low is short-lived, however. In a defiant meeting with the don, she makes an important discovery. Convinced of the murderer's identity, she conceives a daring plan and, with the help of her daughter, unmasks the killer.

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