Lots of interesting character details.

I struggled a bit in the beginning with the various characters and the occasional Italian word that I had to look up because I didn’t know what it meant. Overall, this was an interesting book. The author definitely takes a good bit of time with Poldi’s character development, and I got a real feel for what she was like. The other characters, Poldi’s sisters-in-law, one of their husbands, a few men Poldi meets during her investigation and even people who rarely show up up, but are introduced have some details of their personalities mentioned, so you get a bit of a feel for all of them. The author also paints a vivid word picture of Sicily. There were some very amusing moments and a few times that I would cringe at Poldi’s excesses; however, Poldi was full of excess and was quite an eccentric character.


The murder mystery was well done with bits and pieces coming to light, and Poldi's desire to solve the crime before the handsome Vito Montana could added an interesting element to the story.

I enjoyed the book, and would give it 3.5 stars .