The monastery - Mingoia, Roberto
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In the green heart of Umbria, an ancient monastery stands solemn among the hills, guarding centuries of peace and secrets. It is here that Egisto, a young 25-year-old monk, spends his days in silent prayer and toil, trapped in a destiny chosen for him by his parents. With an ethereal beauty and a gaze capable of swaying the purest of souls, Aegisthus hides beneath his monk's robes a disarming shyness and an inexperience that makes him all the more fascinating. The routine of the monastery is disrupted by the sudden arrival of Fausta, an attractive heiress on the run. Fausta is a woman of fire:…mehr

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In the green heart of Umbria, an ancient monastery stands solemn among the hills, guarding centuries of peace and secrets. It is here that Egisto, a young 25-year-old monk, spends his days in silent prayer and toil, trapped in a destiny chosen for him by his parents. With an ethereal beauty and a gaze capable of swaying the purest of souls, Aegisthus hides beneath his monk's robes a disarming shyness and an inexperience that makes him all the more fascinating. The routine of the monastery is disrupted by the sudden arrival of Fausta, an attractive heiress on the run. Fausta is a woman of fire: sensual, ironic and unscrupulous, with an irrepressible passion for pleasure. After surviving an assassination attempt orchestrated by her own relatives over inheritance issues, she seeks refuge in the most unlikely place: the monastery. The dynamics quickly become complicated. Fausta is irresistibly attracted to Aegisthus, who intrigues her with his innocence and angelic appearance. Tension between the two grows in a whirlwind of furtive glances and clandestine encounters, while Egisto struggles with the weight of desire and the fear of betraying his vocation. But Fausta's arrival coincides with a series of mysterious crimes that disrupt placid monastic life. When the body of a monk is found lifeless in the crypt, followed by other disturbing incidents, the monastery turns into a stage for suspicions and secrets. Tonino Conti, a now-retired former policeman, is called in to investigate the crimes. Tonino, with his rumpled hat, inseparable wine flask and sharp wit, is anything but the conventional detective. Despite appearances, his intuition is as sharp as a scalpel, and it doesn't take him long to realize that there is something far more intricate behind the crimes than simple revenge. Through a skillful interweaving of flashbacks and flashforwards, the plot unfolds between the monastery's dark past and a future that seems inevitably marked by blood. A relationship bordering on the forbidden develops between Fausta and Aegisthus, a bond that challenges everything Aegisthus thought he knew about himself and the world. Yet it is thanks to Fausta that Egistus finds the courage to face not only his inner demons, but also those that haunt the corridors of the monastery. With a crescendo of adrenaline, sensuality and humor, *The Monastery* leads the reader to a breathtaking finale, in which the protagonists' fates are intertwined in a whirlwind of passions, revelations and impossible choices. Nothing is as it seems, and amid irony and shadows, the monastery reveals its darkest secrets.
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