Italian Fever by Valerie Martin (9780375705229)

Description - Italian Fever by Valerie Martin

Part romance, part gothic suspense story, this is thecompelling tale of an American woman's awakening as she tumbles headlong into a mystery, art, and eros-from thebestselling, award-winning author of Property.. "Spellbinding ... A virtuoso ... Martin's competence has kindled into brilliance."-The New York Times Book Review

Lucy leads a quiet, solitary life working for a best-selling (but remarkably untalented) writer. When he dies at his villa in Tuscany, Lucy flies to Tuscany to settle his affairs. What begins as a grim chore soon threatens Stark's Emersonian self-reliance--and her very sense of what is real. The villa harbors secrets- a missing manuscript, neighbors whose Byzantine arrogance veils their dark past, a phantom whose nocturnal visits tear a gaping hole in Lucy's well-honed skepticism. And to complicate matters- Massimo, a married man whose tender attentions render Lucy breathless.

Smart, sophisticated, achingly beautiful, Italian Fever is one of the most original and compelling novels of the year.

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