title: The Lost Girls of Rome
author:  Donato Carrisi 
description: A secret sect worthy of a Dan Brown novel, the penitenzieri are a group of rogue Catholic clergymen who archive the admissions made in the confessional and then mete out justice on their own. When some of Romes most unrepentant killers are suddenly struck down, it seems that this centuries-old network is coming out of the shadows. Could this be the story that forensic analyst Sandra Vegas journalist-husband was working on when he died? The brusque and mysterious Interpol agent Schalber certainly seems to think so. A race against the clock to find one killers final victim keeps the story moving, but Carrisi loses momentum with the introduction of a secondary fabulist plot regarding a transformationist. This multilayered thriller was a best-seller in the authors native Italy, but, while it may attract attention here, readers are likely to come away something short of satisfied. --Karen Keefe
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  **Donato Carrisi** was born in 1973 and studied law and criminology. He won
  four Italian literature prizes for his bestselling debut _The Whisperer_.
  Since 1999 he has been working as a TV screenwriter, and he lives in Rome.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [_Also by Donato Carrisi_](text_part0003.html#toc-ad-card)
  
  
  The Whisperer
  
  
  The Lost Girls of Rome
  
  
  The Vanished Ones
  
  
  The Hunter of the Dark
  
  
  The Girl in the Fog
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Copyright](text_part0003.html#toc-copyright)
  
  
  Published by Abacus
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-4087-1253-5
  
  
  All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the
  public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or
  dead, is purely coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © Donato Carrisi 2020
  
  
  The moral right of the author has been asserted.
  
  
  Translation © Katherine Gregor 2020
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
  a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the
  prio