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Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
Sixty-year-old Isolde “Poldi” Oberreiter leaves Munich for Sicily planning to retire near her relatives and spend her days drinking wine by the sea. But when a young local man named Valentino disappears and is later found murdered, Poldi becomes determined to uncover what happened. Her amateur investigation draws her into village secrets, local power struggles, and the orbit of handsome police detective Vito Montana. The novel mixes murder mystery, humor, family dynamics, Sicilian culture, food, and Poldi’s larger-than-life personality.
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