Barry Forshaw and Michael Gregorio in conversation with Alessandro Perissinotto

An investigation on the banality of evil conducted by psychologist Anna Pavesi, who uses her knowledge of the human soul as other detectives use scientific police methods…

The countryside around Milan is wrapped in eerie darkness as psychologist Anna Pavesi digs in the icy soil, looking for... what? Just over a week earlier, Anna is approached by the well-heeled Benedetta Vitali with a request to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death in a road accident of her half-sister Patrizia and the subsequent disappearance of Patrizia’s body. Anna is not a detective, there has been a misunderstanding, but she is short of money and agrees to take on the assignment. It will lead her into a labyrinth of false clues and willful deception in which nothing is as it seems. Was Patrizia’s death merely a commonplace hit-and-run incident on a country lane, or was there something more sinister behind it? As she digs deeper, Anna realises that even her own life may be in danger...

Barry Forshaw and Michael Gregorio will be in conversation with Alessandro Perissinotto for the launch of Blood Sisters (Hersilla Press) on Monday February 8 at the Italian Cultural Institute at 7:00pm. The event is free but booking is essential. Booking information can be found here. Blood Sisters is the first book in the Anna Pavesi trilogy.