Murder in Chianti

Set in the heart of Tuscan wine country, Camilla Trinchieri's new mystery features a weathered but endearing former NYPD homicide detective and a precocious pup. Mourning the loss of his wife, Rita, former NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the wine-soaked region of Chianti. Half-Italian and half-Irish, Nico finds himself able to get by in the region with the help of Rita's relatives, but he still feels alone and out of place. He isn't sure if it's peace he's seeking, but that isn't what he finds: early one morning he hears a gunshot near his cabin and walks outside to the sight of a flashily dressed corpse, accompanied by a friendly dog Nico hastily adopts. Salvatore Perillo, the local maresciallo, enlists Nico's help with the murder case. It turns out more than one person in this idyllic corner of Italy knew the victim, and with a very small pool of suspects, including his own in-laws, Nico must dig up Gravigna's every last painful secret to get to the truth.