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'Alive with a tang of lemons to set the senses zinging' The SpectatorTranslated fiction at its most charming - A Man Called Ove meets Andrea Camilleri, Auntie Poldi is this summer's most unlikely hero.Auntie Poldi can think of no finer place to wait for death than Sicily. All she asks is a sea view, fine wine (and plenty of it), and her family close around.When death instead takes her handsome young friend Valentino - and under mysterious circumstances at that - Poldi will not take it lying down.Perhaps it's in her blood (her father was a detective chief inspector); perhaps it's a diverting excuse to spend more time with men in uniform; or perhaps it's just the promise she makes to Valentino while holding his poor dead hand.But Auntie Poldi's hunting instincts have never felt more alive. Justice must be served - if it's the last thing she does ...Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord, the second Auntie Poldi adventure, is now available for preorder

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions: A charming detective takes on Sicily's underworld in the perfect summer read

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'Alive with a tang of lemons to set the senses zinging' The SpectatorTranslated fiction at its most charming - A... Read more

    Publisher: John Murray Press
    Publication Date: 01/06/2017
    ISBN13: 9781473655195, 978-1473655195
    ISBN10: 1473655196

    Number of Pages: 336

    Fiction , Crime & Thriller

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    'Alive with a tang of lemons to set the senses zinging' The SpectatorTranslated fiction at its most charming - A Man Called Ove meets Andrea Camilleri, Auntie Poldi is this summer's most unlikely hero.Auntie Poldi can think of no finer place to wait for death than Sicily. All she asks is a sea view, fine wine (and plenty of it), and her family close around.When death instead takes her handsome young friend Valentino - and under mysterious circumstances at that - Poldi will not take it lying down.Perhaps it's in her blood (her father was a detective chief inspector); perhaps it's a diverting excuse to spend more time with men in uniform; or perhaps it's just the promise she makes to Valentino while holding his poor dead hand.But Auntie Poldi's hunting instincts have never felt more alive. Justice must be served - if it's the last thing she does ...Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord, the second Auntie Poldi adventure, is now available for preorder

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