Turin, Galleria Subalpina. Sofia is thirty-two years old. She bought a bookshop in the Galleria Subalpina from Paolo Piano, the gallery's last bookseller. She changed the name of the new bookshop to Libri e Fiori (Books and Flowers). Every morning she places different flowers on the counter. In the back, hanging on the wall, there's a dark wooden frame. Sofia has learned to live with it. But one night, the frame begins to breathe. Then comes the voice. And the voice knows her name. A breath that beats like a heart. Eight Black Candles. Eight fragments of a broken mirror. A forbidden manual. A door that never completely closes. From Turin to Prague, from Golden Lane to Charles Bridge, from the bowels of the city to the underground river, Sofia asks for help from Paolo, who sold her the bookshop. Sofia and Raffaele descend to where fear is most intense. But the frame isn't just an object. It's a key. And someone, on the other side, is waiting. Bael's Frame is the sequel to Shadows in the Galleria Subalpina. This is an esoteric noir, a journey into unresolved fear, unpaid debts, and unforgotten silences.
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