Horoscopes and murder!

The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline       

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Julia Pritzker’s world collapsed when her husband Mike was murdered during a slash and grab robbery as she and Mike were walking home. Her horoscope had predicted her life would change. It did!

All Julia knew of their attacker was that he wore a strange vibrant blue hoodie.

Nearly twelve months on and Julia still finds it difficult to go outside.

In the midst of all this pain and angst Julia receives notification from an Italian lawyer in Milan that she has inherited three million euros, a villa and a vineyard. Julia needs to go to Italy to sort out the paperwork.

Julia btw was adopted and knew this from the get go. She’d always wanted to find her birth mother. Her time in Italy has Julia negotiating DNA tests, experiencing hallucinations and a somewhat spooky encounter with the spirit of a Caterina Sforza, an influential noble woman of the 1480’s.

As Julia searches for her birth mother, danger unfolds and she finds herself being pursued by frightening strangers

It’s all very testy, dangerous and completely off the wall as Julia’s medium gifts are unleashed.

I was caught up except for the use of the exclamation Aw! It  really annoys me. It just seems out of place. So much so that I had to take half a star off.

A Grand Central Pub. ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.