Murder Under the Tuscan Sun: A gripping classic suspense novel in the tradition of Agatha Christie set in a remote Tuscan castle

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Historical fiction is something I’ve only fairly recently started enjoying and this was a good one as I found myself drawn into the plot chapter by chapter. But there are secrets just below the surface in the castle… Is Constance losing her mind, or is there real danger in the idyllic Tuscan hills?

The reader can take a more objective view of events and perhaps guess some of it, but probably not the full, glorious plot behind it all.

I liked the characters of Connie and William both suffering from grief after the death of a child; Connie in particular has had a very sad existence , dominated by her late husband, unable to lead the life she wants and then losing the daughter she loved. I think I am also harder in my reaction to this book than a few others of similar themes because I have previously really liked some of the author's works.

It was written with care and attention by a servant girl who travelled from England to Australia on a cruise liner in the late 1930s.Nora was a character, who I also felt for, particularly as her mother, Roberto seemed to be far more concerned about Nora’s looks and how they could be improved. It’s a slow read, in a way mimicking the lifestyle of the Tuscan hills where life is unhurried and travels at its natural pace, where time is taken to observe and experience what is happening around you.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I also loved the relationship between her and her son James as they began to understand each other and regain their closeness. The author has a very distinct style of setting the scene, and this helped me read the book all the way to the end. When Constance Bowen, recently widowed, mourning the loss of her daughter, and in a not particularly close relationship with her son, is given the opportunity to work as a paid companion to an infirm gentleman in Tuscany she leaps at the chance for an escape from her humdrum life - despite the disapproval of her son.

uk to find out more about her work, including her latest pyschological suspense title The Wedding Party. Constance is enjoying looking after William and Nora Evelyn's lonely young daughter but as William's health starts to get decidedly worse and the strange things happening take a more sinister turn Constance starts to get suspicious about whatever is going on. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I will definitely be looking out the authors other books as the writing in this one was superb.