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My Italian Bulldozer

My Italian Bulldozer
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Montalcino
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse...

Out Of Her Depth

Out Of Her Depth
  • Author(s): Lizzy Barber
  • Location(s): Florence, Fiesole
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary, looking back 21 years

There are summers that could change your life. There are summers that could end it. Meet Rachel. An unassuming young woman from a quiet London suburb. Picture the scene: A summer job at the beautiful Villa Medici in the...

The Echoes of Love

The Echoes of Love
  • Author(s): Hannah Fielding
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Venice
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Echoes of Love is a beautiful, poignant story of lost love and betrayal, unleashed passion and learning to love again, whatever the price. Venetia Aston-Montague has escaped to Italy’s most captivating city to work in her godmother s...

The Flood

The Flood
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Florence
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1980s looking back to the flood of 1966

This is a dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his powers. Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church fresco of Adam and Eve brings...

The Good Left Undone

The Good Left Undone
  • Author(s): Adriana Trigiani
  • Location(s): Viareggio, Marseilles (Marseille), Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Domenica Cabrelli had two great loves of her life. The first, her childhood sweetheart: a boy from the same small, sun-drenched Italian town of Viareggio. A romance born out of yearning and shared history; over before it really had...

The Wrong Suitcase

The Wrong Suitcase
  • Author(s): Laura Jane Williams
  • Location(s): Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Novella, RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As she touches down in Italy, Izzy couldn’t be more excited. She’s needed a reason to let her hair down, and she knows that the wedding of the year in a lavish Tuscan castle will be just the ticket…...

You Had Me At Merlot

You Had Me At Merlot
  • Author(s): Lisa Dickenson
  • Location(s): Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Elle and Laurie are the last ones standing: they’re single, they’re not having babies any time soon and their weekends aren’t filled with joyful meetings about mortgages. For Elle, this is fine. She likes her independent life, but Laurie...

To Tuscany With Love

To Tuscany With Love
  • Author(s): Gail Mencini
  • Location(s): Tuscany, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

A group of young people come together in Tuscany for their studies. Each has a backstory, and relationships develop and grow. They return to their homes in the USA and then an invitation arrives for each of them to...

Death in Sardinia

Death in Sardinia
  • Author(s): Marco Vichi
  • Location(s): Florence, Sardinia
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1960s

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2013. Florence, 1965. A man is found murdered, a pair of scissors stuck through his throat. Only one thing is known about him – he was a loan shark, who ruined...

It Happened in Tuscany

It Happened in Tuscany
  • Author(s): Gail Mencini
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Denver
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2 + Contemporary

It Happened in Tuscany is a captivating breath of the Italian countryside. This powerful novel portrays the epic struggle between duty and honor and redefines the meaning of “family.” The novel begins in 1945 in Italy’s Apennine Mountains with...

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