The Summer House (Charnwood Large Print) [Import] [Hardcover]

Christobel Kent (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd; New Ed edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846171202
• ISBN-13: 978-1846171208
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,133,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining suspense, September 28, 2011

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LindyLouMac (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer House (Paperback)

Another thriller with a realistic Italian background a different author though, but one I have read for the Italy in Books Challenge before back in February, A Party in San Niccolo

The story centres around Rose Fell a divorcee who left a secure job in journalism and family in London to move to a beautiful but isolated village in Italy near Genoa. After a year there she is still finding it a struggle to integrate, however when she is asked by a colleague from the UK if she can write an article about another local her life changes. At about the same time a young girl is found dead on a local beach and another young local woman disappears. Rose finds herself embroiled in this local mystery. Ania, the young woman that is missing was until the time of her disappearance working for the once famous model and film star Elvira Vitale that Rose is due to interview. Elvira and her younger British husband whom she no longer seems able to trust spend every summer in Italy and winters in the UK, hence the British press interest in the couple. The danger that is lurking closer than either of them realise throws these women together.

To repeat what I said about the last novel I read by this author, there is enough suspense skilfully built into the story that kept me turning the pages to make this a very quick and entertaining read.