{"id":3676,"date":"2020-06-12T06:37:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T13:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2020-06-12T06:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T13:38:23","slug":"camilla-trinchieri-murder-in-chianti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/camilla-trinchieri-murder-in-chianti\/","title":{"rendered":"Camilla Trinchieri: Murder in Chianti"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This novel will be published July 7, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n

This languorous, gently beautiful novel set in gorgeous Tuscany could not be more delectable.\u00a0 Retired NYPD detective Nico Doyle has relocated to Tuscany after the death of his wife, Rita, a native Italian.\u00a0 He has family ties in the form of his wife\u2019s sister, Tilde, and her family.\u00a0 Out for his morning run as the book opens, he discovers two things: a dog, and a dead body.\u00a0 He more or less adopts the dog \u2013 whom he christens One Wag \u2013 and hastily attempts to hand the murder off to the local police.<\/p>\n

But the police, in the form of Salvatore Perillo and his green assistant Daniele, want Nico\u2019s help.\u00a0 He is far more experienced in murder investigations than they are.\u00a0 As the man\u2019s face has been blown off by a shotgun, it\u2019s hard to identify him, but from his clothes \u2013 gold sneakers and an expensive watch \u2013 they are all sure he is American.<\/p>\n

Tracking down his identity takes up a good part of the novel, but a good part of the joy of this novel, much like Martin Walker\u2019s delightful Bruno, Chief of Police, series, comes from the food and the wine consumed by the characters.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a journey of sorts for Nico, still grieving for his wife, and trying to find where he fits in his new village.\u00a0 Both the dog and the murder give him an excellent entry.<\/p>\n

Nico also helps out at Tilde\u2019s restaurant \u2013 sometimes cooking a dish, sometimes helping with serving during the busy dinner times at the height of the tourist season.\u00a0 One Wag proves to be an excellent envoy as well, as everyone already seems to know him, and in Italy, apparently, dogs are allowed in restaurants and shops.<\/p>\n

Nico and Salvatore become friends and over some dinners and bottles of wine they begin to figure out a solution.\u00a0 The man appears to have some dark things in his past and part of the mystery involves why he showed up in Tuscany at all.<\/p>\n

The story takes it\u2019s time getting to a resolution, but long before then, you probably will have adapted to the gentle rhythm of Trinchieri\u2019s storytelling and given in to the beauty of Tuscany.\u00a0 You may also be craving a glass of Chianti to accompany your reading journey.\u00a0 This is a wonderful bit of armchair travel.<\/p>\n

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This novel will be published July 7, 2020. This languorous, gently beautiful novel set in gorgeous Tuscany could not be more delectable.\u00a0 Retired NYPD detective Nico Doyle has relocated to Tuscany after the death of his wife, Rita, a native Italian.\u00a0 He has family ties in the form of his wife\u2019s sister, Tilde, and her … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[360,251,11,359,166,362,361],"class_list":["post-3676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-camilla-trinchieri","tag-dogs","tag-international","tag-italy","tag-soho-press","tag-widower","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3676"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3679,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions\/3679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}