Sicilian Inheritance

By: Jo Piazza

Published by Penguin Group, 2025-04-01

<b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER<br></b><br> <b>One of the NY Post's Best Beach Reads, an <i>US Weekly</i> pick for "mystery novels to read on the beach”, a <i>Woman's World "</i>captivating beach read you won't be able to put down this summer" ("a riveting saga"), an <i>Eater</i> food-filled beach read for your summer vacation ("an appealing mix of romantic escapism, whodunit intrigue, and feminist introspection.")<br></b><br> <b>From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes "A Journey to the Boot of Italy, With Murder, Romance and Ricotta”</b> (<b><i>The New York Times) </i>about a disputed inheritance and a family secret that some will kill to protect . . .</b><br><br> Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie’s death also opens an escape from her life and a window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land, and a bombshell family secret. Rosie believes Sara’s great-grandmother Serafina, the family matriarch who was left behind while her husband worked in America, didn’t die of illness as family lore has it . . . she was murdered.<br><br> Thus begins a twist-filled adventure that takes Sara all over the picturesque Italian countryside as she races to solve a mystery and learn the story of Serafina—a feisty and headstrong young woman in the early 1900s thrust into motherhood in her teens, who fought for a better life not just for herself but for all the women of her small village. Unsurprisingly the more she challenges the status quo, the more she finds herself in danger.<br><br> As Sara discovers more about Serafina, she also realizes she is coming head-to-head with the same menacing forces that took down her great-grandmother. At once an immersive multigenerational mystery and an ode to the undaunted heroism of everyday women, <i>The Sicilian Inheritance</i> is an atmospheric, page-turning delight.