The Dante Club

Set in 1865 Boston, "Words Can Bleed" follows the members of the Dante Club—Poets and Harvard professors—as they work to translate Dante's The Divine Comedy and protect it from the hostility of Boston's elite. Their efforts are threatened when a serial killer begins using Dante’s depictions of Hell to terrorize the city, prompting the scholars and a pioneering police officer to race against time to uncover the truth. A compelling blend of history, mystery, and literary homage, the novel explores the enduring power of Dante's mythic vision amidst a backdrop of societal resistance and chilling murder.