{"product_id":"auntie-poldi-and-the-handsome-antonio-9781473680609","title":"Auntie Poldi and the Handsome Antonio","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the beloved, irascible Auntie Poldi wanted from her Sicilian retirement was time to enjoy sunshine, a free-flowing supply of wine, and a sultry romance with Chief Inspector Montana. But then her idyll is rudely disrupted by the last person she wants to see on her doorstep - John Owenya, detective inspector with the Tanzanian Ministry of Home Affairs, who is also her estranged, lying cheat of a husband.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot only is John''s sudden reappearance putting a kink in Poldi''s dreamy love affair with Vito Montana, but his presence also comes with a plea for help - and unwanted clashes with Mafia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere is John''s half-brother? What is the ten-million-dollar ''it'' that John''s brother was last seen with that has both the Sicilian \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eTanzanian mobs in a frenzy? With only a postcard that has a phone number and a name, ''Handsome Antonio'', on the back, Auntie Poldi hops begrudgingly (albeit with a great deal of gumption and panache) back into the saddle (in this case,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Mario Giordano * - *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCross Alexander McCall Smith with Janet Evanovich, add a sensuously imagine Sicilian setting and an exuberant narrator, and you get the feel of Mario Giordano's Auntie Poldi detective books \u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiordano is a novelist of high skill and originality with an eye for eccentric comedy, idiosyncratic characters and vivid scenes \u003c\/b\u003e * TLS *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739545186647,"sku":"9781473680609","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473680609.jpg?v=1720052551","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/auntie-poldi-and-the-handsome-antonio-9781473680609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}