A series of bizarre murders rocks the beautiful Carpathian town of Braşov. At first there's nothing obvious to link what appear to be random killings. With the police still smarting from the scandal of having failed to act in a previous case of a serial kidnapper and killer, they bring in forensic pathologist Gigi Alexa to figure out if several murderers are at work – or if they have another serial killer on their hands. Ambitious, tough, and not one to suffer fools gladly, Gigi fights to be taken seriously in a society that maintains old-fashioned attitudes to the roles of women. She and the police team struggle to establish a pattern, especially when resources are diverted to investigating a possible terrorist plot. With the clock ticking, Gigi stumbles across what looks to be a far-fetched theory – just as she realises that she could be on the murderer's to-kill list.
Author
Tony Mott was born in Brasov, Romania in 1970. Her pen name was chosen to honor her grandfather, as Mott was her mother’s maiden name. She has published her first novel in 2008, then a poetry volume in 2010, followed almost every year by a new apparition at Tritonic Publishing House - Juliet Had a Gun (Julieta avea un pistol, 2014), A Bullet for Juliet (Un glonț pentru Julieta, 2016), Don’t Throw Stones at Juliet, (Nu dați cu pietre în Julieta, 2017). Since 2019 she has been publishing a new series that follows the character Gigi Alexa: The Winter Of Perfect Murders (Iarna crimelor perfecte, 2019), In Autumn We Count The Dead Bodies (Toamna se numără cadavrele, 2019), The Last Poisoned Summer (Ultima vară otrăvită, 2021), and When Spring Comes (Când vine primăvara, 2022). She has also contributed to four collective volumes of short stories. She also writes non-ficion on her real name, Antoneta Galeș. First edition of The Notebook of Happiness (Caietului Fericirii) was published in 2019, followed by a volume with the detailed subjects listed in the notebook - Our Daily unHAPPINESS (neFERiCIREA noastră cea de toate zilele, Creator Publishing House, 2021).
