La fenice rossa - 9788850255290

La fenice rossa: La sconosciuta che giace sul tavolo settorio dell'anatomopatologa Maura Isles è molto giovane. E molto bella. È stata ritrovata sul tetto di un edificio nella Chinatown di Boston. Qualcuno le ha sparato un colpo di pistola, poi le ha mozzato una mano. La scoperta più inquietante però è che sul corpo della vittima viene ritrovato un misterioso capello argentato. Inizia così per l'ispettore Jane Rizzoli una difficile indagine. Unico elemento in suo possesso il fatto che l'edificio dov'è stata ritrovata la ragazza diciannove anni prima ospitava un ristorante cinese, La Fenice rossa, teatro di una strage. Il cuoco aveva ucciso quattro clienti e si era suicidato. Una carneficina attribuita a un attimo di follia. Ma qualcuno, evidentemente, non sembra pensarla così... 
The stranger lying on the table of the anatomisor Maura Isles is very young. And very beautiful. Her long coppery brown hair contrasts with light skin, stretched out over her high cheekbones. It was found on the roof of a building in Boston's Chinatown by a group of tourists looking for thrills during a Ghost Tour among the mysteries and legends of the ancient neighborhood. Someone shot her, then cut off her hand. The most disturbing discovery, however, is that made by Maura during the autopsy: on the body of the victim is in fact found a mysterious silver hair that, from the first analysis, does not appear to belong to any known species. This is how Inspector Jane Rizzoli begins a difficult investigation. Only, very subtle element in his possession the fact that the building where the girl was found nineteen years earlier housed a Chinese restaurant, "The Red Phoenix", which had been the scene of a massacre. The restaurant cook had killed four customers and committed suicide. Five victims, without any connection to each other, a carnage immediately attributed to a moment of madness. But someone obviously doesn't seem to think so. Someone who came from the past and was ready to do anything to restore the truth, even to kill...