Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
Book description
'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…
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1 author picked Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As a writer of mystery novels, I know that a story needs a lot more than a good plot, and this delightful tale of an eccentric Bavarian woman who moves to Sicily to drink herself to death and instead finds herself investigating the murder of her handsome young handyman fulfills that requirement in spades with colorful characters; vivid descriptions of her adopted country’s culture, history, and cuisine; and a powerful sense of place.
The solution to the mystery is somewhat obvious, but what really mattered to me was the fact that after reading the book, I felt that I had…
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