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The new episode in the Pietro Gerber trilogy, which sold more than 500.000 copies in Italy.

In the big dark house made of stone, lives a little girl who is always alone…

Her name is Eva, she is ten years old, and only a maid and a Finnish au pair girl, Maja Salo, look after her. Her parents are not there. It is Maja who seeks the help of the best hypnotist in Florence, Pietro Gerber, because Eva now has an imaginary friend, without a name and an identity, and because of this presence, she might be in danger.

But Pietro Gerber’s reputation is shattered, and in many ways, so is he. Confused and uncertain about his future, Pietro reluctantly agrees to meet Eva, and her imaginary friend.

But the voice of the lost child who speaks through Eva, when she is under hypnosis, is not unknown to him.

Moreover, that voice knows Pietro and his past. It seems to know the long buried truth of what happened during a hot Summer when he was a child.

Because when he was eleven, Pietro died.

And the mysterious fact that happened after his death still haunts him.

Praise for La casa delle luci

‘Carrisi confirms his well-known qualities with La casa delle luci: writing grade; originality in building the story: confidence in managing the full and empty spaces of the story; and capacity to play with the reader until the end.’
– Il Corriere della Sera

‘Donato Carrisi is the most beloved Italian author of thrillers, because he writes psychological thrillers that have a big emotional impact on readers. He knows how to dose suspense, plot twists, and passions.’ (…) ‘Carrisi works on the edges of afterlife and mystery, he challenges the reader to questions their own rationality, and is able to influence and anguish with psychological plots and hypnotic pages.’
– Domani

‘Donato Carrisi blows up with La casa delle Luci. […] This noir, poised between past and present, which tells about hypnosis and mysterious imaginary friends, is off to a strong start. After all, Carrisi is a master of the genre.’
– Il Giornale