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The Villa Triste
The Villa Triste | Lucretia Grindle
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Florence, 1943. Two sisters, Isabella and Caterina Cammaccio, find themselves surrounded by terror and death; and with Italy trapped under the heel of a brutal Nazi occupation, bands of Partisans rise up. Soon Isabella and Caterina will test their wits and deepest beliefs as never before. As the winter grinds on, they will be forced to make the most important decisions of their lives. Their choices will reverberate for decades. In the present day, Alessandro Pallioti, a senior policeman agrees to oversee a murder investigation, after it emerges the victim was once a Partisan hero. When the case begins to unravel, Pallioti finds himself working to uncover a crime lost in the twilight of war, the consequences of which are as deadly today as they were over sixty years ago. âe~Grindle vividly evokes Florence as few tourists see it . . . Here is the perfect summer holiday readâe(tm) Literary Review âe~Grindle saves her best story-weaving to the thrilling denouement that creates a surprise as unexpected and delicious as the finest Florentine cuisineâe(tm) Daily Express
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Eva_B
The Villa Triste | Lucretia Grindle
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They say ‘don‘t judge a book by it‘s cover‘. This is definitely true of this one! I really enjoyed it. It‘s both an historical novel and a detective mystery. Set in Florence in 1943 and 2006. It delves into the world of partisan resistance fighters, during the war,that leads to present day murders. This book is far more interesting than the cover, which I think is misleading. Someone assumed I was reading a romance novel. It‘s not.

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Eva_B
The Villa Triste | Lucretia Grindle
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Starting this one today that my husband got me for Christmas. He says he chose it for me because it has things that I like in it. Italy, history and a mystery. The fact he put some thought into what I like to read about makes it a special book already 😊

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Flitter
Villa Triste | Lucretia Grindle
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This is a mix of present and past (WW2) and is brilliant. It‘s intriguing and sad and brings the two together.