This third literary thriller by Leslie Forbes links a Renaissance painting to a terrible event in the more recent past. Art expert Charlene Penton is on site in Urbino, Italy, restoring La Muta, a Raphael painting of a mute woman. When a real mute woman slashes the painting, blood pours out of it. Is it truly a miracle? What was the mute woman's motive for the attack? And what is her connection to the sinister, enigmatic Count Malaspino and the nearby town of San Rocco, abandoned since World War II? Both Charlotte and Donna, the sexy, ambitious reporter heading up a TV crew filming the restoration, look for answers. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.