Blood Rain by Michael Dibdin
Michael Dibdin’s police detective Aurelio Zen has been transformed from the hardboiled detective of his...
Read Morefiction italy
Book Review – The Girl of His Dreams (with Comissario Brunetti) by Donna Leon
The Girl of His Dreams by Donna Leon was one of two Comissario Brunetti mysteries I took on my recent trip to Italy. ...
Read More
Andrea Camilleri Brings Back Inspector Montalbano in The Track of Sand
Andrea Camilleri starts the Track of Sand with the brutal killing of a horse just off Inspector Montalbano’s...
Read MoreLa Cucina by Lily Prior
La Cucina, A Novel of Rapture by Lily Prior has more in common with “Like Water for Chocolate” and “Chocolat”...
Read More
A Sea of Troubles Book Review – A Guido Brunetti Mystery
A Sea of Troubles by Donna Leon is the best yet in this series about Commissario Brunetti of Venice. Here Brunetti...
Read MoreAndrea Camilleri, August Heat
It’s the heat of Sicily in August that is the main character in the latest entry in Andrea Camilleri’s...
Read MoreAndrea Camilleri, The Paper Moon
The Paper Moon is the ninth book in Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series. Montalbano is the food...
Read MoreFour Seasons in Rome Anthony Doerr
Rome is an unforgettable city. Still, we sometimes need a book to jog our memories. “Four Seasons in Rome”...
Read MoreCommissario Guido Brunetti in Blood from a Stone
It was a dark and stormy night, not to mention cold and icy at the start of the 14th book in Donna Leon’s “Blood...
Read MoreItalian Author Andrea Camilleri writes New Sicilian Mystery
Is Sicilian Inspector Montalbano retiring? Say it’s not so! In his seventh Inspector Montalbano mystery,...
Read MoreAndrea Camilleri Inspector Montalbano Mysteries
Good news for lovers of Italy and readers of mysteries! Italian author Andrea Camilleri’s Montalbano mysteries...
Read More