Stone Virgin

Barry Unsworth
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A mysterious sculpture of a beautiful and erotic Madonna holds the key to the Fornarini family's secrets. When Raikes, a conservation expert, tries to restore her, he is swept under the statue's spell and swept under the spell of the seductive Chiara Litsov, a member of the Fornarini family now married to a famous sculptor. Raikes finds himself losing all moral grounding as his love for statue and woman intertwine in lust and murder.
Genres: FictionHistorical FictionItalyMysteryArtHistoricalNovelsBritish LiteratureMystery ThrillerAdult Fiction
309 Pages

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