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  • Published: 25 October 2022
  • ISBN: 9781641293662
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $55.00

Murder on the Vine




Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle investigates the murder of a local bartender in the Tuscan countryside.

Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle investigates the murder of a local bartender in the Tuscan countryside.

On a late October Sunday morning in Gravigna, local maresciallo Perillo is having breakfast with ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle when he is called back to the station in Greve. Laura Benati, the young manager of Hotel Bella Vista, is worried—her bartender and good friend eighty-year-old Cesare Costanzi has been missing for three days. 
 
The next morning, Jimmy, co-owner of Bar All’Angolo, Gravigna’s local café, where Nico is a frequent patron, runs out of gas on his way back from Florence. When Nico meets him to help, Nico’s dog, OneWag, reacts to the smell coming from Jimmy’s trunk. Inside Nico finds a body wrapped in plastic: Cesare Costanzi, stabbed several times in the chest.
 
Why would anyone kill Cesare, and how did he end up in Jimmy’s car? That’s for Nico to find out, as Perillo once again turns to Nico for help with the investigation.

  • Published: 25 October 2022
  • ISBN: 9781641293662
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $55.00

About the author

Camilla Trinchieri

Camilla Trinchieri worked for many years dubbing films in Rome with directors including Federico Fellini, Pietro Germi, Franco Rosi, Lina Wertmüller and Luchino Visconti. She immigrated to the US in 1980 and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Under the pseudonym Camilla Crespi, she has published eight mysteries. As Camilla Trinchieri, she has published The Price of Silence, Seeking Alice, and Murder in Chianti, the first Tuscan mystery.

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Praise for Murder on the Vine

Praise for the Tuscan Mystery series “Just the ticket for anyone wanting to escape to Bella Italia with an engaging and entertaining mystery.” —David Hewson, author of the bestselling Nic Costa series and The Garden of Angels   “With a simpatico protagonist, a cast of sometimes quirky characters, and the ever-present aromas of Tuscan dishes, what's not to like?” —David P. Wagner, author of the Rick Montoya Italian Mystery series “If Agatha Christie had been Italian, she might’ve written a mystery like The Bitter Taste of Murder . . . This novel has a beautifully delicious, celebratory ending that made me want to return to Italy in the next installment of Camilla Trinchieri’s expertly written Tuscan Mystery series.”Gumshoe Review “Lush with descriptions of wine country and filled with fascinating details of life in Italy, Murder in Chianti is the perfect read for all seeking an outdoors escape through fiction.” —CrimeReads “[A] vibrant mystery . . . Enticing descriptions of food and wines, an introspective protagonist with an unusual background, and an intricate plot that weaves its way amid past peccadillos combine to make this a winner. Readers will eagerly await Trinchieri’s next.” Publishers Weekly “An engaging procedural that introduces a delightful cast readers will want to spend more time with . . . The solution Trinchieri provides will surprise and satisfy.” Kirkus Reviews