Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna (2) (An Auntie Poldi Adventure)

When Auntie Poldi’s water is cut off, her friend’s dog found poisoned, and she hears about the murder of a young district attorney; she is sure the mafia is behind it. She’s in Sicily, after all. Setting out to discover the culprit behind the dog’s death, Poldi ends up getting involved in the murder case of Chief Inspector Montana. As if that weren’t enough excitement for one sixty-year-old woman, she discovers a body at a vineyard on the slopes of Etna. Her senses tell her the murders are connected. And when Auntie Poldi sticks her nose into something, she can’t let it go, even when she knows death is looking over her shoulder.

Auntie Polidi and the Vineyards of Etna is narrated by Poldi’s nephew, an aspiring writer with his share of writer’s block. As he points out, his aunt navigates life between two poles: utter joy and the depths of despair. But she knows, like him, that Sicily is a special place, full of complex characters, and mysteries yet to be solved. There is nowhere else she’d rather live. Giordano has written a firecracker of a story, layered with wit, humor, and charm. It’s filled with delightful and exotic characters I won’t soon forget.