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THE TUSCAN CHILD by Rhys Bowen 

THE TUSCAN CHILD, by Rhys Bowen, is a blend of romance, mystery and engaging fiction. The tale is told through a dual timeline...half the story takes place during WWII: Hugo Langley, an English pilot, crashes in the Nazi-held hills of a fictional town in Tuscany, Italy. (How does he remain hidden and how does he survive?) The other half is about Hugo's estranged daughter, Joanna, who, thirty years later, finds some puzzling papers among her father's belongings following his recent death in England. These papers are so compelling that she's driven to journey to Tuscany to solve the enigma. We travel with Joanna from Surrey, England, in the early 1970s into the lush, rolling hills of Tuscany and the small village of San Salvatore, as she searches for clues to her father's past.

A mix of historical fiction, romance, mystery and murder, the book is well written and absorbing as were the colorful characters. THE TUSCAN CHILD was a good marriage of past and present...it's a heartwarming story filled with descriptions of delicious Italian foods and pleasant, welcoming villagers.

Definitely worth a read...

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