pbA iTIMES/i CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTHbrONE OF M. W. CRAVEN'S BOOKS OF 2019/b brbrA ruthless killer is spreading panic in a quiet village in the Italian Alps. brbrPolice Inspector Teresa Battaglia is the only one who can stop them. brbrBut how can you catch a monster when you're slowly losing your mind? brbrbrbPREPARE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH TERESA BATTAGLIA, A POLICE INSPECTOR LIKE NO OTHER:/b brbr'Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a criminal profile expert, is in her sixties, overweight, lonely, diabetic, full of the ailments of ageing - and delightful. It's rare that a character like Teresa Battaglia enters crime fiction for the first time, and with such gripping impact' bMarcel Berlins, iThe Times/i (Crime Book of the Month)/bbr'Teresa Battaglia is set to give tyneside's Vera a run for her money' biLancashire Post/i br/b'Teresa Battaglia is one of the most interesting detectives to emerge in recent years' bM. W. Craven, author of iThe Puppet Show/i /bbr'I was rooting for Teresa Battaglia from the start' bSarah Ward, author of /bibIn Bitter Chill/bbr/i'I totally fell for the tough-but-vulnerable Teresa Battaglia' bRoz Watkins, author of iThe Devil's Dice/i/bbr'A brilliant protagonist, an eerie setting and a community hiding dark secrets' biDead Good /i(Debut crime novels to watch out for in 2019)/b/p