La casa dei respiri

Some places preserve memories. Others seem determined to keep their visitors forever. In La casa dei respiri, Donato Carrisi returns to the unsettling world of hypnotist Pietro Gerber in a psychological thriller built around a mysterious disappearance and an abandoned house hidden among the woods. During a stormy night in Florence, Gerber encounters Evan, a young man discovered aboard a local train in a deeply disturbed condition. His clothes are soaked in blood that does not belong to him, his face bears visible scratches, and he cannot explain what happened or where he has come from. Evan remembers only part of the story. He and three friends had gone exploring an abandoned house as part of an urban exploration adventure. Somehow, the building allowed Evan to escape, but his companions remain missing. The house itself becomes the central mystery: a place that appears to change, conceal secrets, and exert an unsettling influence over those who enter. To discover what happened and find the missing friends before time runs out, Pietro Gerber must use deep hypnosis to explore Evan's memories. Together, they return mentally to the forgotten building, where the distinction between memory, fear, and reality becomes increasingly uncertain. Carrisi combines psychological suspense, hypnotic investigation, urban exploration, and an ominous setting to create a mystery driven by unanswered questions. Readers can expect an atmosphere of mounting tension, an investigation into the human mind, and a disturbing story about a place that may be more than an ordinary abandoned house. This novel is ideal for adult readers who enjoy Italian crime fiction, psychological thrillers, suspenseful mysteries, and stories involving unreliable memories and unexplained events.