Liar Moon

Resumen del libro

Italy, autumn 1943, the Italian government has switched sides and declared war on Germany. Italy is divided, the North controlled by the fascists, the South liberated by Allied forces slowly fighting their way up the peninsula.
Having survived hell on the Russian Front, Wehrmacht Major and aristocrat Martin Bora is sent to Verona. He is ordered to investigate the murder of a prominent local fascist: a bizarre death, threatening to discredit the regime's public image. The prime suspect is the victim's twenty-eight year old widow Clara.
Not far from Bora's headquarters, Italian police inspector Sandro Guidi, is facing a difficult case, involving an elusive serial killer. The two join forces but, haunted by his record of opposition to SS policies in Russia, Bora must watch his step. Against the backdrop of relentless anti-partisan warfare and the tragedy of the Holocaust, a breathless chase begins.

Biografía del autor

Ben Pastor, nacida en Roma y licenciada en Literatura, ha vivido durante treinta años en Estados Unidos, donde se dedicó a la docencia de ciencias sociales en distintos colleges de Ohio, Illinois y Vermont. Se la considera una de las escritoras actuales con más talento en el campo de la ficción histórica y policíaca. Sus novelas han sido traducidas a numerosas lenguas. En Alianza Editorial están publicadas sus anteriores obras ("Lumen", "Cielo de plomo", "El camino a Ítaca" y "Los pequeños incendios"), que también tienen como protagonista al oficial del Ejército alemán Martin Bora.