Agitato : A Novel of Horror and Love

Where else but in Venice could such a story of horror, suspense, love and Art take place? Angela Morelli, an innocent music student raised since childhood by an order of nuns, forms an unhealthy romantic obsession for a radical classical composer with a mysterious past. Meanwhile, the city has been plunged into a grotesque series of sadistic crimes involving the mutilated bodies of a young man and a dead infant. Gustav Auer, an elderly bookseller with a dangerous curiosity finds himself and his young friend Antonio drawn to the murders and joins the hunt for the deranged killer. D.H. Gutzman's suspense filled tale of terror and torture explores the relationship between suffering and salvation. It also examines the role love or lack of it plays in shaping our view of reality. Gutzman brings to life the art and city of Venice, including the food and the music. But this twisted page turner is anything but a travel book, unless the journey is into the dark recesses of the human soul. Uncaring policemen, gypsies, ravenous attack dogs and sacrilegious rituals all play a part in the mystery young Angela uncovers. And all the while, the student is struggling with her emerging sexual feelings for both her teenage boyfriend and the world famous Marco Siena. Gustav Auer, on the other hand, thinks it is too late for him to ever find love again, never noticing the affection a lonely young waiter has for him. Can love burn anew from the ashes of the inferno these characters find themselves trapped in? This is a book that will keep you up nights and haunt your days for long time to come.,and friends will beg you to tell them "what is in the garden shed?" Make them read this shocking new novel for themselves.

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