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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780425221297 ISBN: 0425221296 Label: Berkley Trade Manufacturer: Berkley Trade Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: May 06, 2008 Publisher: Berkley Trade Studio: Berkley Trade Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Young Cambridge scholar Adam Banting is in Tuscany, assigned to write a scholarly monograph about the famous Docci gardena mysterious world of statues, grottoes, meandering rills, and classical inscriptions. As his research deepens, Adam comes to suspect that buried in the gardens strange iconography is the key to uncovering a long-ago murder. But the ancient house holds its own secrets as well. And as Adam delves into his subject, he begins to suspect that he is being used to discover the true meaning of the villas murderous past. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Written as a Screenplay?I liked this book. It was a page turner, the author wove the two storylines together well, so you didn't feel clunky cutting back and forward in time, and the settings were well drawn. My major problem was that I never felt I was in 1958. That was merely a plot contrivance to use World War 2 in the story. Never mind, a light easy mystery read. Rating:  - A Weekend in TuscanyThis is not a "cozy". But the mysteries are intriguing...and you get to spend 2 weeks in Tuscany. See, taste, smell the atmosphere...his prose leaves you no choice. A very satisfying read! Rating:  - The Savage GardenWhile the initial story line was intriguing, this book struck me as an Umberto Eco-wanna-be. I was immediately turned off by the excessively flowery descriptions of poeple and places, and the plot turned out to be pretty predictable. I plan to leave this one in my hotel room when I go home. Rating: - A Great ReadThis was a very well written and interesting book.....a bit "heavier" than a light summer read, but difficult to put down. Rating: - Great StoryThis was a great story and a fun read. I wasn't quite convinced at first, but after the first few chapters I was hooked...give it a try it'll be worth it! 
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