Author: adrianalicio
A group of wordsmiths, a remote hotel. Outside, the winds howl and the seas rage. But the real danger lurks within. When travel author and part-time sleuth, Giò Brando, joins a writers’ retreat in Maratea, her quaint sea town, the last thing her companions are expecting is for the spiteful author who ruined their previous meeting to turn up uninvited. And the last thing Giò is expecting is to … expecting is to find that same woman lying dead on the restaurant floor the following morning. At first, it seems the author’s death was the result of a tragic accident,…
A haunting Christmas song from a faraway land. A child with striking green eyes. A man with no past.When elderly widow Mrs De Blasi catches sight of eight-year-old Betta Giordano, all she can see is the face of her son, Marco. But how can this be? Marco died tragically young, many years before Betta was born.Travel writer Giò Brando can’t help but be intrigued by the string of coincidences … writer Giò Brando can’t help but be intrigued by the string of coincidences connecting Betta to the De Blasi family. Why does the child bear such a strong resemblance to…
The annual Chestnut Fair brings visitors from far and wide to the sleepy village of Trecchina. This year, one will be coming to die.The moment Vanda Riccardi makes the grisly discovery in the forest, a blow to the head knocks her cold. By the time rescuers find her, the corpse is gone. Did she really see it? The carabinieri are sceptical, but her friend Giò Brando – travel writer and reluctant … sceptical, but her friend Giò Brando – travel writer and reluctant amateur sleuth – is determined to believe her.As Giò and Vanda delve deep into the past to…
Can murder be the cure for a broken heart? Returning to her quaint hometown in Italy following the collapse of her engagement, feisty travel writer Giò Brando just wants some peace and quiet. Instead, she finds herself a suspect in a brutal murder.Anxious to clear her name, Giò embarks on her own investigation, eavesdropping on the gossip in her sister’s perfumery and the cafés of Maratea as she … sister’s perfumery and the cafés of Maratea as she pieces together the evidence. But something about the case isn’t adding up. Or is Giò allowing her attraction to a fellow suspect…