![]() ![]() Think Daphne du Maurier, not Patricia Highsmith M.M. It's such a cozy mystery that it's really historical fiction wrapped up in romance, or even the other way around. Which is where the "genre niche" fits in: The Tuscan Child is the coziest of cozy mysteries, so cozy that even with evil Germans lurking around every olive grove, World War II matters less than the growing amore between Hugo and Sofia. We read their story in third-person perspective, but half of the book's narration comes from Hugo's daughter Joanna, who finds a mysterious letter in her father's effects 30 years later, and decides to travel from London to Italy and figure it all out. ![]() RAF officer Hugo Langley survives a crash nearby a local woman, Sofia Bartoli, finds him and nurses him back to health. ![]() Rhys Bowen's new novel The Tuscan Child fits as firmly in its genre niche as an Italian nonna might in the hamlet of San Salvatore, where most of the action takes place. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Tuscan Child Author Rhys Bowen ![]()
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