Il villaggio perduto
Translated title: The Lost Village
Author: Sten, Camilla
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Year: 2024 | Pages: 370 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87870
Translated
Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed 'The Lost Village,' since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother's entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left - a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn - have plagued her. She's gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened.
But there will be no turning back.
Not long after they've set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. Equipment is destroyed. People go missing. As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice:
They are not alone.
They're looking for the truth...
But what if it finds them first?
Fairy tale
Author: King, Stephen
Genre: Horror / Fantasy
Year: 2022 | Pages: 677 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87868
Translated
A story as old as myth, and as startling and iconic as the rest of King's work, Fairy Tale is about an ordinary guy forced into the hero's role by circumstance, and it is both spectacularly suspenseful and satisfying
Il prezzo della gloria - I casi di Hamish Macbeth
Translated title: Hamish Macbeth #17 - Death of a Celebrity
Author: Beaton, M. C.
Genre: Mystery / Crime
Year: 2024 | Pages: 240 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87885
Translated
A Hamish Macbeth Mystery: Murder on the Telly
Lochdubh, a tranquil village nestled in Scotland's hills and accessible only by a one-track lane, is thrown into turmoil when TV reporter Crystal French speeds into town in her bright BMW. Constable Hamish Macbeth, still reeling from a broken engagement, promptly tickets her for reckless driving. In retaliation, Crystal airs a scathing TV report on Highland policing and digs up old local scandals for her show. Macbeth suspects he's not the only one who wants to stop her. When Crystal is murdered with stealth and violence, Macbeth must unravel the mystery, leading him into a dark tale of passion and vengeance - and possibly a personal crisis of the heart
Spettri familiari
Translated title: Family Ghosts
Author: Ruchat, Anna
Genre: Social Novel / Family Saga
Year: 2023 | Pages: 188 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87866
'Family Ghosts' is the novel of a normal family, typically marked by hypocrisy and tacit mutual cover-ups. Divided into two parts, the first set in the 1980s and the second in the present day, it unfolds across multiple narrative levels: the third-person narrative alternates with notebooks, letters, and dead architecture, and in the second part, the protagonists' first-person narratives. The geometry of the structure and the theater of inanimate objects subtly reveal the upheavals of existence
La casa delle luci
Translated title: The House of Lights
Author: Carrisi, Donato
Genre: Fantasy / Horror
Year: 2022 | Pages: 428 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 84795
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
La domestica a ore
Translated title: The Hourly Maid
Author: Modignani, Sveva Casati
Genre: Social Novel / Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 320 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 91763
An intense and gripping novel that tells the story of the silent strength of women and the possibility of starting over, always.
Isabella Boccadoro d'Este has chosen to live without flaunting her noble origins, working as a housekeeper in Milan. With her discretion and innate sensitivity, she brings order and serenity where solitude and disharmony reign. Until one morning, upon entering the Tizzonis' elegant apartment, she finds Laura, the young landlady, seriously injured.
Behind the respectable facade of a perfect family lies a history of violence that threatens to overwhelm the couple's two children. As justice struggles to take its course amid lies and silence, Isabella finds herself increasingly personally involved in the affair, discovering the strength of female solidarity and the fragility of those who seem invincible.
At her side is Duccio Soldanieri, a charming and determined Carabinieri captain, also a nobleman, who brings a new and unexpected feeling into her life. Through secrets, passions, and difficult choices, Isabella must confront her fears and learn that, sometimes, being brave means letting yourself be loved
Incantevole tentazione - Badlands
Translated title: Enchanting Temptation - Badlands
Author: Stefania, S.
Genre: Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 510 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 87891
Romantic novel
Il principe della Marsiliana. Nuova ediz
Translated title: The Prince of Marsiliana
Author: Perodi, Emma
Genre: Historical / Romance
Year: 2026 | Pages: 260 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 91773
With 'The Prince of Marsiliana' (1891), Emma Perodi - known for her fantastical fairy tales 'Le novelle della nonna' (Grandma's Tales) and for her work as a journalist attentive to current affairs - wrote a novel set in Rome, navigating the lives of the nobility, the lower middle class, and the proletariat.
The story centers on the prince's unrequited love for the beautiful Maria, a woman of modest origins but of great virtue, who resists his repeated advances. With this work, Perodi deserves credit for exposing - using a language with a still-modern 'taste' and unfolding a compelling plot - the cynical intrigues of power, politics, and the world of information, offering us a portrait that remains remarkably relevant today
Amore al profumo di girasole
Translated title: Love with the Scent of Sunflowers
Author: Mauro, Gabriele
Genre: Romance
Year: 2026 | Pages: 288 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 91765
Marisol clutches the pendant around her neck. A golden sunflower, guardian of a past she refuses to remember. In moments when the air seems thin, her fingers search for that small symbol. The relief that gesture brings is a scentless breath. Like the scent of a sunflower: invisible and silent. Because the sunflower, unlike roses or lavender, leaves no traces in the wind. It thrives on light, orienting itself toward the sun with blind faith. It gives itself to those whose hearts are open to recognizing it.
Marisol is like a sunflower. Her life is made of routine and silence. This is how she hides her pain and a secret that never abandons her. Until, on the seafront, she meets Angelo, a photographer capable of seeing beyond appearances. And something begins to change. Thanks to Post-it notes left under a Ferris wheel, handwritten letters, and simple attentions, Marisol discovers a pure, timeless, and unpretentious love.
A love that doesn't flaunt itself, but manifests itself in small gestures. A gaze that waits, a caress that lingers, a presence that doesn't disappear when Angelo's gone. Marisol understands that, for the first time, someone has noticed her. But then the past returns to haunt her with its shadows, and she must learn to trust the light. To recognize that there are bonds that don't need to be explained. Just experienced. Because some loves are like the scent of a sunflower. They can't be grasped. And yet, they're impossible to forget.
Gabriele Mauro's name attracts an ever-growing and passionate community of readers. Those who follow him know that his stories embody authentic emotions and profound values - values that today seem almost lost. It is precisely for these messages that Gabriele Mauro continues to attract, day after day, a loyal readership that continues to grow and eagerly awaits his arrival in bookstores
Treno infernale per l'Angelo rosso
Translated title: Hell Train for the Red Angel
Author: Thilliez, Franck
Genre: Thriller / Crime
Year: 2026 | Pages: 396 | Origin: ITA | BA Seq Num: 91766
Translated
Franck Thilliez's dazzling debut novel returns to bookstores in a new translation and with an unpublished letter from the author to Italian readers: a thriller with a dark atmosphere and a fast pace, in which the killer and the policeman chase each other in a macabre spiral of death and violence.
Inspector Franck Sharko is dealing with the most difficult case of his career: his wife, Suzanne, has disappeared. One evening she didn't return home, and he hasn't heard from her since. Six months have passed. No sign of life, no ransom demand. Every attempt to find her has been fruitless.
After a long leave of absence, it's time for Sharko to return to work, and his first assignment concerns a murder that took place in a small village not far from Paris. In an isolated house, the body of a woman was found suspended in mid-air by a system of ropes and hooks, mutilated and recomposed in an unnatural pose.
The crime scene is strangely clean, and the only microscopic clues lead to Brittany, where the inspector will uncover a sordid underworld of depravity. With the help of the charismatic psychocriminologist Williams, the computer genius Serpetti, and his neighbor Dudù Camelia, an elderly Guyanese woman with the mysterious gift of visions, Sharko will try to track down the Machiavellian killer, a vengeful spirit who seems intent on rebuilding hell on Earth.
And as the investigation becomes increasingly intricate and dangerous, a nagging doubt torments the commissioner: will he ever be able to find Suzanne?
