Book description
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.
‘Grindle vividly evokes Florence as few tourists see it . . . Here is
the perfect summer holiday read’ Literary Review
‘Grindle saves her best story-weaving to the thrilling denouement that
creates a surprise as unexpected and delicious as the finest Florentine
cuisine’ Daily Express
Lucretia Grindle was born in Boston Massachusetts and grew up
spending half her time in the United States and half her time in the UK.
Continuing as she started out, she still splits her time, but now calls
the coast of Maine home.
