Waking Raphael | LESLIE FORBES | Thrillers | Thrillers | eBooks
Waking Raphael
by LESLIE FORBES
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"Deftly exploring connections between art, religion, and politics, Forbes layers her mystery with lush imagery and palpable human drama.... For fans of Perez-Reverte or Iain Pears." --Booklist "Excellent.... The characters are richly drawn.... The novel will captivate and delight." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Transcends the limitations of the genre with ease, not merely because of the author's prodigious erudition, polished prose style and sophistication as a storyteller, but because she has created a character one cares about....A learned whodunit in the tradition of The Name of the Rose." --The Wall Street Journal on Fish, Blood & Bone "Beguiling entertainment." --The Washington Post on Fish, Blood & Bone "Gives new meaning to the term "intelligent page-turner."" --Kirkus Reviews on Fish, Blood & Bone "Lavish and sexy...conveys a sense of India so rich that it ceases to seem a mere country." --The New York Times Book Review on Bombay Ice "A riveting murder mystery...complex and vastly entertaining...the toughest, most sympathetic heroine since SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW." --Harper's Bazaar on Bombay Ice From the Hardcover edition. |
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La Muta, "the mute woman." Amidst a country rocked by scandal and corruption, inhabitants of the idyllic city of Urbino, Italy, birthplace of Raphael, are more concerned with a sudden outbreak of miracles than with politics. But what unspeakable secret lies hidden in Raphael's enigmatic painting? Its restoration will drive a living mute to a shocking act of violence and spark an investigation into a nearly forgotten war crime and a series of events that will shatter the silence gripping this community forever. Both a mesmerizing thriller and a passionate exploration of the power of truth to effect reconciliation and restore faith, Waking Raphael spins a tantalizing web of silence and lies to recreate an Italy where the romantic and the violent, the comic and the tragic, are spellbindingly interwoven. From the Hardcover edition. |
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