Books Press release. The Lady of colors (PubMe – Collana Gli Scrittori della Porta Accanto), a thriller by Maurizio Spano. A gripping, fast-paced thriller: a ruthless assassin, a mysterious organization obsessed with art and female beauty, and two ancient families bound by a centuries-old oath. It’s a race against time spanning Padua, Paris, Naples, Florence, and Venice.
Only the low hum of the refrigerator broke the unnatural silence. Like a persistent alarm, it followed me as I wandered through the quiet rooms, searching for someone who wasn’t there. The house was deserted, abandoned, as empty as my mind. I couldn’t think. I couldn’t come up with a plausible explanation, an answer to the endless questions crowding the rational corner of my brain. There was no trace of Anna. Nothing. She seemed to have vanished into a maze of impossible theories. The clock in the nearby bell tower struck six just as I noticed the window swaying in an unseen breeze, almost as if it could feel the tolling of the bell. It had probably been open all night. Fog was still drifting into the kitchen and had already coated the furniture with a damp film. Tiny drops of water kept falling from the edges of the table onto the floor. “Are you sure your mom didn’t tell you anything?” I asked Stefano. He was the one who had called me half an hour earlier to say that his mother hadn’t been seen or heard from in two days. Maurizio Spano, The Lady of colors
The Lady of colors
by Maurizio SpanoPubMe – Collana Gli scrittori della porta accanto
Thriller
Paperback | 442 pages
ISBN 979-1257262204
Plot
Alessandro Sebastiani leads a quiet life as a historian and university lecturer. Then, without warning, Anna – his closest friend – vanishes without a trace. The investigation falls to Police Inspector Attilio Assani, a longtime friend of them both. Within weeks, Anna is rescued, but what initially appears to be a straightforward kidnapping proves to be far more complex – and far from over.
Who is Lorenzo, her mysterious abductor? Is it mere coincidence that Anna is the exact image of Parmigianino’s Antea? And who is the enigmatic Lady of Colors? Why do the women she paints bear such an uncanny resemblance to the models in Renaissance masterpieces?
To unravel the mystery, an unlikely team must piece together a trail of elusive clues. Their search leads them through museums, castles, and the workshops of master armourers and tailors, from Padua to Paris, Naples, Florence, and Venice, as they pursue a ruthless killer and a shadowy organization obsessed with art and feminine beauty.
Slowly, a tragic and mesmerizing world emerges from the mists of time, poised between legend and reality, populated by characters forever balanced between passion and cruelty. Two ancient families bound by an oath that has endured for centuries, haunting secrets, a relentless race against time, and a gripping thriller that builds to a breathtaking finale.
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Maurizio Spano
Maurizio Spano was born in 1960 in Adria, Italy. A painter, photographer, and novelist, he has held major solo exhibitions in cities across Italy. These artistic pursuits, combined with his professional experience, have given him a deep understanding of visual storytelling through the written word, allowing him to fulfill a lifelong ambition: to tell the story of humanity’s dreams. Published by PubMe in the Gli Scrittori della Porta Accanto series, his novels include La ricamatrice, Nato di domenica, Francesca, The Lady of Colors (originally published in Italian as La Signora dei colori), and La Putina dele Strasse.
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