I was very excited to get my hot little hands on the latest volume of the Cesare Aldo series. This is a crime mystery series set in 1500's Florence, and A Divine Fury is the fourth book in the series. (For reviews or more information about the other titles, Ritual Of Fire HERE, The Darkest …
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Arnold Clover is an archivist, living in Venice following the recent death of his wife, when he's asked to assist the Carabinieri in the case of the murder of British TV historian Marmaduke Godolphin, who was killed in the same manner as Lorenzo de Medici in 1548. Not only had Clover recently been hired by …
Italy, 1938, under Mussolini. Clara, 11, wakes in a new dingy city apartment to find their mother hasn't returned from a job the previous night. She goes looking for her mother and turns right at the door, and later her little brother Pippo ,7, wakes alone and also goes looking, turning left. A chain of …
Set in 1500's Florence, City Of Vengeance is the first in a series about Cesare Aldo, an officer for the city's criminal court, in a capacity similar to a detective or policeman. When a Jewish moneylender that he has a connection to turns up murdered, the pressure is on to solve the case and find …
Abby is the successful sister. Ellie is the vulnerable, pretty sister. Everyone knows that Ellie is their mothers favorite, but Abby has figured out something about her sisters childhood illness that might blow the family apart. I liked the cover of this book and I have read Michelle Frances The Girlfriend, which was far fetched, …
Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates when two American girls are left injured and unconscious outside the hospital after a boating accident. At first, he's on the trail of the two boys who left them there and ran away, but the behaviour of one of them seems to hint at something more complicated beneath the surface. Reading …
From the author of My Brilliant Friend, comes her latest book, set once again in Naples. Giovanna is beloved by her parents, and believes herself to be worthy and beautiful, until one day after a parent-teacher meeting, she overhears her father comparing her to Vittoria, his estranged and despised sister. Because Vittoria is practically a …
There are certain things in every country that make them a shopping destination. On my recent trip through Italy, I did a little shopping myself, and bought a few of the things that Italy does so well, including leather goods and murano glass. I'm a bit in love with my purchases, and wanted to share …
Irene Nylander lives in Finland with her evil mother in law and her distant husband. Alone on her 50th birthday, she hits an all time low when she spots her best friend and her husband canoodling in a restaurant. When she wishes that she was dead, she accidently inspires a practical joking angel to intervene …
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