Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
103164
Points per Word
0.000155
Description
"My Beautiful Friend" by Venero Armanno is a dark ghost story about Marcello Mansini, a man who has been dead for two months whose body lies in the icy depths of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva). When Aaron and Rebecca, a troubled married couple seeking to repair their relationship in Geneva, discover Mansini's gravestone, he infiltrates their lives with sinister intentions. The novel follows the couple as they become entangled in Mansini's supernatural revenge, leading them toward the freezing darkness of the lake.