Review: Great Beach Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2012
The thing that I enjoyed most about No More Brothers was the incredible recreation of a nineteenth century Sicilian village whose people are quite poor and recovering from the ravages of war. Anderson's village is so true to life that I felt as if I were really there. This easy beach read mystery novel's heroine is a widow, Serafina Florio, the local midwife who has helped the local police solve a case before. This time, she is called in to help with the investigation of Ugo, the shoemaker's brother who was found poisoned, stabbed many times and stuffed in a gunnysack by the sea. Using her relationships with the local families and characters, she comes to a conclusion that is different than the arrest made by the local police. Does she let it go or does she put herself at risk chasing the person who she believes to be the real killer? Enjoy meeting Serafina as she struggles to survive and keep food on her family's table by bringing babies to life and justice to the dead.