Review: Terrific new mystery by a talented author
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2013
I love this author's mysteries, my favorites are the ones based in Italy (Read Italian Summer!). This one begins in Florence, close to the Ponte Vecchio and near the Uffizzi museum where the African vendors lay out their trinkets for tourists. Donatella, or Lella to her friends, is Italian born, and recently widowed, takes a brief vacation in Italy. On her last night, she stops at an astrologer's table. In a cheerful mood,  she gives the man her friend, Ruby's, birthday instead of her own. The resulting prediction sends her scuttling away, leaving her package and gift to Ruby at the table.From that point on, nothing about Lella's life will be ever be the same. She will return to the States to discover that everything she thought she knew about her husband, her friend Ruby, and what she held important were all wrong. Which wouldn't be so bad, except for the fact that Ruby "accidently" shot her own husband, and Lella's grown son just may be involved in what the police soon decide isn't an accident, but a homicide.This is a well crafted mystery, with plenty of twists to keep you wondering, "Now what?"Highly recommended!