Ex-NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle thought life in the Tuscan countryside would be quiet. That was before a beloved local bartender vanished.







When eighty-year-old Cesare Costanzi disappears from the village of Gravigna, concern quickly turns to shock. On a lonely road outside Florence, Nico's dog, OneWag, alerts him to a strange smell coming from a car. Inside lies Cesare's body, stabbed to death.





Why was a well-liked old man murdered? And how did he end up in an innocent man's car? With the village rattled, Nico is drawn into another deadly investigation.



First published as Murder on the Vine.



Camilla Trinchieri worked for many years on films in Rome with directors including Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. She emigrated to the US in 1980 and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Under the pseudonym Camilla Crespi, she has published seven crime novels, including The Breakfast Club Murder.