Erik has come to Tuscany for peace and quiet and to write a book. Meeting Iliana, a cellist also at the same inn was good for Eric. The other people holidaying there got on well together. What Eric wanted to do was write a good mystery story and he was playing with ideas and the people he met. He didn’t think he would actually face crime, and deaths but he found it in spades.

When the deaths started to show links to each other and when they were not discounted as accidents or ill health, the scenario could not be ignored by the local police who had not faced organized crime syndicates before. The Mafia was known and understood, but this was a different game, underlying and eroding Tuscan economy, culture and lifestyle.

Lots of twists and turns posing threats to not only hapless widows who owned vineyards but also to those who owned olive groves. The violence was organized and brutal and Eric as an outsider faced more risks than the others. The story was also descriptive of the Tuscan vineyards, people and lifestyle and this added greatly to the story.

Erik Swanson has selcuded himself to a Tuscan vineyard inorder to find his mojo. Suffereing from writers block he hopes to find solace and his edge.

Young men are being found dead and Erik takes it upon himself to discover the facts. This makes him unpopular and he finds himself in danger.

This is a brilliant action packed drama filled read. I was in awe of the story and the beautiful description of Italy and Tuscany itself is mesmerising. I found myself daydreaming of flowers in a field in the warm tuscan sun.. it was bliss.

The characters are strong and all participate in the story, there are no unnecessary subplots, it just rolls with the tale and ends on a fantastic high..

Bravo