Tuscany! Italian food and wines, complete with a baffling murder mystery coming too close to home!
Murder in Chianti (A Tuscan Mystery #1) by Camilla Trinchieri
American 'Conor Domenico Doyle had had a very bad start to his day' owing to the discovery of a dead body in the woods near the farm house he's currently renting in Gravigna, Tuscany.
Nico Doyle had left (well been asked to leave) the homicide squad with the NYPD. Which was timely as his Italian wife, Rita, the love of his life had been diagnosed with cancer and wanted to return home to Tuscany to be near her family.
When Rita died Nico took up permanent residence in the village, cooking and helping out at the family restaurant, the Bar All’Angolo.
Nico's start to the day involved finding a dog and a rather gruesomely murdered man. That leads to him joining Salvatore Perillo , Maresciallo dei Carabinieri, the officer in charge of the investigation, in an unofficial capacity.
Of course the dog becomes part of Nico's life. Known to Nico as OneWag but amusingly the rest of the community calls the endearing animal Rocco.
Eventually the murdered man is found to be a person from the village's past and his return, the discovery of his body, opens up old rumors and long held secrets.
A pleasing crime story falling somewhere between the cosy and culinary type murder genre. The food descriptions had my mouth watering so much I went and put on a pot of Spaghetti sauce during the reading. I'll just dream of a fabulous bottle of Italian wine to match, urged on by the descriptions presented.
Nico is a wonderful mix of the laconic realist, experienced detective, sensitive and creative (as evidenced by his cooking experiments).q
I look forward to seeing Nico's on going relationship with Perillo and the young carabinieri, Daniele. And of course his delightful extended family and let's not forget the very cute OneWag.
A Soho Press ARC via NetGalley
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American 'Conor Domenico Doyle had had a very bad start to his day' owing to the discovery of a dead body in the woods near the farm house he's currently renting in Gravigna, Tuscany.
Nico Doyle had left (well been asked to leave) the homicide squad with the NYPD. Which was timely as his Italian wife, Rita, the love of his life had been diagnosed with cancer and wanted to return home to Tuscany to be near her family.
When Rita died Nico took up permanent residence in the village, cooking and helping out at the family restaurant, the Bar All’Angolo.
Nico's start to the day involved finding a dog and a rather gruesomely murdered man. That leads to him joining Salvatore Perillo , Maresciallo dei Carabinieri, the officer in charge of the investigation, in an unofficial capacity.
Of course the dog becomes part of Nico's life. Known to Nico as OneWag but amusingly the rest of the community calls the endearing animal Rocco.
Eventually the murdered man is found to be a person from the village's past and his return, the discovery of his body, opens up old rumors and long held secrets.
A pleasing crime story falling somewhere between the cosy and culinary type murder genre. The food descriptions had my mouth watering so much I went and put on a pot of Spaghetti sauce during the reading. I'll just dream of a fabulous bottle of Italian wine to match, urged on by the descriptions presented.
Nico is a wonderful mix of the laconic realist, experienced detective, sensitive and creative (as evidenced by his cooking experiments).q
I look forward to seeing Nico's on going relationship with Perillo and the young carabinieri, Daniele. And of course his delightful extended family and let's not forget the very cute OneWag.
A Soho Press ARC via NetGalley
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