num_pages: 309
description: A mysterious sculpture of a beautiful and erotic Madonna holds the key to the Fornarini family's secrets. When Raikes, a conservation expert, tries to restore her, he is swept under the statue's spell and swept under the spell of the seductive Chiara Litsov, a member of the Fornarini family now married to a famous sculptor. Raikes finds himself losing all moral grounding as his love for statue and woman intertwine in lust and murder.
language: English
title: Stone Virgin
titlecomplete: Stone Virgin
genres: British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Italy, Adult Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Art
ratings_count: 509
places: Venice, Italy
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company