The devil's daughters
By: Diana Bretherick
Series: Bretherick, Diana. City of devil's -- 2.
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9781409150305; 9781409150329
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Fiction; Missing persons; Serial murderers; Serial murder investigation; Scientists
Description: 1888. When young Scottish scientist James Murray receives a letter from Sofia Esposito, a woman he once loved and lost, he cannot refuse her cry for help. Sofia's 15-year-old cousin has vanished but, because of her lower-class status, the police are unwilling to investigate. Accompanied by his younger sister Lucy, Murray returns to the city of Turin where he was once apprenticed to the world-famous criminologist, Cesare Lombroso. As he embarks on his search for the missing girl, Murray uncovers a series of mysterious disappearances of young women and rumours of a haunted abbey on the outskirts of the city. When the body of one of the girls turns up bearing evidence of a satanic ritual, Murray begins to slot together the pieces of the puzzle. But as two more bodies are discovered, fear grips the city and a desperate hunt begins to find a truly terrifying killer before he claims his next victim.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.