Auntie Poldi and the
Vineyards of Etna
Mario Giordano
When
Auntie Poldi's water is cut off, her friend's dog found poisoned, and
she hears about the murder of a young district attorney; she is sure
the mafia is behind it. She's in Sicily, after all. Setting out to
discover the culprit behind the dog's death, Poldi ends up getting
involved in the murder case of Chief Inspector Montana. As if that
weren't enough excitement for one sixty-year-old woman, she discovers
a body at a vineyard on the slopes of Etna. Her senses tell her the
murders are connected. And when Auntie Poldi sticks her nose into
something, she can't let it go, even when she knows death is looking
over her shoulder.
Auntie
Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna is
narrated by Poldi's nephew, an aspiring writer with his share of
writer's block. As he points out, his aunt navigates life between two
poles: utter joy and the depths of despair. But she knows, like him,
that Sicily is a special place, full of complex characters, and
mysteries yet to be solved. There is nowhere else she'd rather live.
Giordano has written a firecracker of a story, layered with wit,
humor, and charm. It's filled with delightful and exotic characters I
won't soon forget.
This review was originally written by me for City Book Review.
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