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.
Intriguing and very scary This mesmerising literary crime story is already a richly deserved sensation in Europe. It is so compelling, beautifully constructed and atmospheric that you'll savour each word . . . Spellbinding - Daily Mail (The Girl in the Fog) Carrisi is an expert at misdirection . . . this is a thoroughly disconcerting, addictive thriller guaranteed to freeze your soul - Metro (on The Girl in the Fog) A coldly brilliant expose of the depths of human nature - Sunday Times (on The Girl in the Fog) Gruesome and gripping . . . a taut psychological thriller - The Times (on The Whisperer) A gripping read . . . I defy anyone to guess the denouement - Guardian (on The Whisperer)