https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SU%3A%20(BRITISH%20%2B%20ITALY%20%2B%20FICTION)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20British%20--%20Italy%20--%20Fiction%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=552059&CF=BIB When an old man makes a bequest to investigate the mysterious death of his son, English detective Daniel Leicester follows a trail leading to one of Bologna's wealthiest families, makers of some of the world's most coveted supercars and discovers that beneath the glitz and glamour of the Formula One circuit lurk sinister interests that may be prepared to kill to keep their secrets. Time and tide wait for no man, or woman and while biology obliges one of Faidate Investigations' team to finally undergo a long-delayed operation, history catches up with another. Shadowing a suspect along one of Bologna's blood-red porticoes or mixing with the glitterati in the paddock at Imola, the English detective comes to learn in Italy the past not only has a long tail, but its sting can be deadly. When an old man makes a bequest to investigate the mysterious death of his son, English detective Daniel Leicester follows a trail leading to one of Bologna's wealthiest families, makers of some of the world's most coveted supercars and discovers that beneath the glitz and glamour of the Formula One circuit lurk sinister interests that may be prepared to kill to keep their secrets. Time and tide wait for no man, or woman and while biology obliges one of Faidate Investigations' team to finally undergo a long-delayed operation, history catches up with another. Shadowing a suspect along one of Bologna's blood-red porticoes or mixing with the glitterati in the paddock at Imola, the English detective comes to learn in Italy the past not only has a long tail, but its sting can be deadly.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Benjamin, Tom<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Constable, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />294 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Daniel Leicester ; 6.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - BENJ - In-transit from Beaumaris Library to Sandringham Library (Set: 03 May 2024) - 010999812<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=531078&CF=BIB Something long dormant in the reluctant hearts of two downcast London women sparks to life... When four women leave their drab lives behind to go on holiday in Italy, their lives are changed forever by the Mediterranean. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, while part of the same ladies' club, have never spoken. Lady Caroline Dester and the elderly Mrs. Fisher join their holiday so as to mitigate expenses. As these women come together and learn more about themselves than they ever thought possible, they reveal their true personalities and the backdrops of their lives that tend to hinder them. Inspired by the author's own month-long trip to the Italian Riviera, this novel is noted as her most widely-read work. Something long dormant in the reluctant hearts of two downcast London women sparks to life... When four women leave their drab lives behind to go on holiday in Italy, their lives are changed forever by the Mediterranean. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, while part of the same ladies' club, have never spoken. Lady Caroline Dester and the elderly Mrs. Fisher join their holiday so as to mitigate expenses. As these women come together and learn more about themselves than they ever thought possible, they reveal their true personalities and the backdrops of their lives that tend to hinder them. Inspired by the author's own month-long trip to the Italian Riviera, this novel is noted as her most widely-read work.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Made available through hoopla<br />1 online resource<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Resource available online</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Resource available online</span><br /><br />Web - (Bayside Library Service) - Ebooks - DOWNLOADABLE - check availability online (Set: 05 Dec 2022) - Access resource<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=544523&CF=BIB On travelling to Italy with her friend Caroline Abbott, the impulsive English widow Lilia Herriton outrages her dead husband's family by meeting and quickly becoming engaged to a dashing but deeply unsuitable Italian man twelve years her junior. Infuriated, her ex-brother-in-law Philip sets off from England to her new home in the Tuscan town of Monteriano - but, finding himself unable to persuade Lilia to leave her handsome, uncouth new lover, returns to England without her. When Lilia's marriage leads to sudden tragedy, however, Philip and Caroline feel compelled to return once more to Italy, where they find they are forced to examine their own lives. On travelling to Italy with her friend Caroline Abbott, the impulsive English widow Lilia Herriton outrages her dead husband's family by meeting and quickly becoming engaged to a dashing but deeply unsuitable Italian man twelve years her junior. Infuriated, her ex-brother-in-law Philip sets off from England to her new home in the Tuscan town of Monteriano - but, finding himself unable to persuade Lilia to leave her handsome, uncouth new lover, returns to England without her. When Lilia's marriage leads to sudden tragedy, however, Philip and Caroline feel compelled to return once more to Italy, where they find they are forced to examine their own lives.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[United States] : Mint Editions, 2021.<br />125 pages ; 21 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - FORS - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 22 Apr 2024) - 010918134<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=402784&CF=BIB In Venice, Frances Croy is working to leave the previous year behind: another novel published to little success, a scathing review she can't quite manage to forget, and, most of all, the real reason behind her self-imposed exile from London: the incident at the Savoy. Sequestered within an aging palazzo, Frankie finds comfort in the emptiness of Venice in winter, in the absence of others. Desperate to rediscover the success of her first novel, the one by which all her other work has been judged, she attempts to return to the page - ignoring the strained relationship with her best friend, the increasing phone calls from her editor, demanding the final book of her contract, and the growing fear that the end of her career is imminent. And then Gilly appears. A young woman claiming a connection from back home, one that Frankie can't quite seem to recall, Gilly seems determined for the two women to become fast friends. Frankie finds herself equally irritated and amused by the strange young woman before her - but there's something about her that continues to give Frankie pause, that makes her wonder just how much of what Gilly tells her is actually the truth. Those around Frankie are quick to dismiss her concerns, citing her recent fragile state and what took place that night at the Savoy. So too do they dismiss Frankie's claims that someone is occupying the other half of the palazzo, which has supposedly stood empty since after the war. But Frankie has caught Gilly in numerous lies, has seen the lights across the way, has heard the footsteps too-and what's more, knows she isn't mad. Set in the days before and after the 1966 flood - the worst ever experienced by the city of Venice - the trajectory of the disaster that forever altered the city mirrors Frankie's own inner turmoil as she struggles to make sense of what is and is not the truth, ultimately culminating in a tragedy that leaves her questioning her own role and responsibility - as well as her sanity. In Venice, Frances Croy is working to leave the previous year behind: another novel published to little success, a scathing review she can't quite manage to forget, and, most of all, the real reason behind her self-imposed exile from London: the incident at the Savoy. Sequestered within an aging palazzo, Frankie finds comfort in the emptiness of Venice in winter, in the absence of others. Desperate to rediscover the success of her first novel, the one by which all her other work has been judged, she attempts to return to the page - ignoring the strained relationship with her best friend, the increasing phone calls from her editor, demanding the final book of her contract, and the growing fear that the end of her career is imminent. And then Gilly appears. A young woman claiming a connection from back home, one that Frankie can't quite seem to recall, Gilly seems determined for the two women to become fast friends. Frankie finds herself equally irritated and amused by the strange young woman before her - but there's something about her that continues to give Frankie pause, that makes her wonder just how much of what Gilly tells her is actually the truth. Those around Frankie are quick to dismiss her concerns, citing her recent fragile state and what took place that night at the Savoy. So too do they dismiss Frankie's claims that someone is occupying the other half of the palazzo, which has supposedly stood empty since after the war. But Frankie has caught Gilly in numerous lies, has seen the lights across the way, has heard the footsteps too-and what's more, knows she isn't mad. Set in the days before and after the 1966 flood - the worst ever experienced by the city of Venice - the trajectory of the disaster that forever altered the city mirrors Frankie's own inner turmoil as she struggles to make sense of what is and is not the truth, ultimately culminating in a tragedy that leaves her questioning her own role and responsibility - as well as her sanity.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mangan, Christine (Christine Rose)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Little Brown, 2021.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2021<br />374 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MANG - Available - 010325932<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MANG - Available - 010325949<br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - MANG - Available - 010325956<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=368919&CF=BIB New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry brings us the second exciting instalment in her new thriller series, set in a time of increasing fear and violence across Europe in the 1930s and featuring British photographer and secret agent Elena Standish. July, 1934. Following the assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss in Vienna, Elena Standish is enlisted by MI6 in London to travel to Trieste to rescue her former lover, Aiden Strother. Aiden left her broken-hearted several years ago and she vowed to have nothing more to do with him, but MI6 chief Peter Howard explains that Aiden was acting undercover at the time and is a loyal British double agent... She accepts the mission, despite the risk of danger and potential embarrassment, but it soon becomes clear that Aiden has triple-crossed them all. He has been a Nazi sympathiser all along and once again Elena's life is in jeopardy... New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry brings us the second exciting instalment in her new thriller series, set in a time of increasing fear and violence across Europe in the 1930s and featuring British photographer and secret agent Elena Standish. July, 1934. Following the assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss in Vienna, Elena Standish is enlisted by MI6 in London to travel to Trieste to rescue her former lover, Aiden Strother. Aiden left her broken-hearted several years ago and she vowed to have nothing more to do with him, but MI6 chief Peter Howard explains that Aiden was acting undercover at the time and is a loyal British double agent... She accepts the mission, despite the risk of danger and potential embarrassment, but it soon becomes clear that Aiden has triple-crossed them all. He has been a Nazi sympathiser all along and once again Elena's life is in jeopardy...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Perry, Anne<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London, England : Headline, 2020.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2020<br />328 pages ; 25 cm.<br />Elena Standish ; 2<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - PERR - Available - 010271543<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - PERR - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - 010271536<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - PERR - Available - 010271529<br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - PERR - Available - 010271567<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=533523&CF=BIB The Villa Girls is the story of four young women who decide that wherever they are in the world and whatever they're doing they'll meet every few years for a holiday together somewhere sunny. The Villa Girls is the story of four young women who decide that wherever they are in the world and whatever they're doing they'll meet every few years for a holiday together somewhere sunny.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Pellegrino, Nicky<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orion, 2020.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2012<br />320 pages ; 20 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Image available online</span><br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - PELL - Available - 010666394<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=358593&CF=BIB Since Amy's daughter, Ruby-May, died in a terrible accident, her family have been beset by grief. One year later, the family decide to go on holiday to mend their wounds. An idyllic island in Italy seems the perfect place for them to heal and repair their relationships with one another. But no sooner have they arrived than they discover nothing on this remote island is quite as it seems. And with the anniversary of the little girl's death looming, it becomes clear that at least one person in the family is hiding a shocking secret. As things start to go rapidly wrong, Amy begins to question whether everyone will make it home... Since Amy's daughter, Ruby-May, died in a terrible accident, her family have been beset by grief. One year later, the family decide to go on holiday to mend their wounds. An idyllic island in Italy seems the perfect place for them to heal and repair their relationships with one another. But no sooner have they arrived than they discover nothing on this remote island is quite as it seems. And with the anniversary of the little girl's death looming, it becomes clear that at least one person in the family is hiding a shocking secret. As things start to go rapidly wrong, Amy begins to question whether everyone will make it home...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kay, Sanjida, 1970-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London, England : Corvus, 2019.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2019<br />327 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - KAY - Onloan - Due: 27 May 2024 - 010134527<br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - KAY - Available - 010134534<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=359907&CF=BIB Four women, with very different backgrounds and characters - the artless Lottie Wilkins, the pious Rose Arbuthnot, the cantankerous Mrs Fisher and the haughty Lady Caroline Dester - respond to an advertisement in The Times offering a medieval castle to rent in Italy that April. As their joint holiday begins, tensions flare up between them, but they soon bond over their past misfortunes and rediscover hope and the pleasures of life in their tranquil surroundings. A huge best-seller when it was published in 1922, The Enchanted April has inspired generations of readers since and established Portofino and the Italian Riviera as a mainstay of the tourist circuit. Four women, with very different backgrounds and characters - the artless Lottie Wilkins, the pious Rose Arbuthnot, the cantankerous Mrs Fisher and the haughty Lady Caroline Dester - respond to an advertisement in The Times offering a medieval castle to rent in Italy that April. As their joint holiday begins, tensions flare up between them, but they soon bond over their past misfortunes and rediscover hope and the pleasures of life in their tranquil surroundings. A huge best-seller when it was published in 1922, The Enchanted April has inspired generations of readers since and established Portofino and the Italian Riviera as a mainstay of the tourist circuit.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2018.<br />246 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Alma classics ; 342<br /><br />Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - V - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - 010037316<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=346043&CF=BIB When ambitious workaholic Sarah Wells discovers she has inherited her estranged father's vineyard near Montalcino in Tuscany, the last thing she wants is to take time away from her busy schedule to sort out a crumbling mess of a palazzo. But, of course, life never runs smoothly and when she makes a rare error, her bosses decide a holiday is just what she needs. When Sarah arrives in Italy, she learns that she is not her father's sole heir. In fact, she only has a partial stake in Castel Sant' Angelo because of a loophole in Italian law. Her father has left the vineyard instead to his business partner, the gorgeous and infuriating Tommaso Di Biasi -- and Tomasso doesn't want to sell. At first, Sarah wants the deal done as quickly as possible so she can get back to her life in London, but it seems Italy has other plans for her. Under the warmth of the Tuscan sun, with a glass or two of the local vino rosso, and brooding Tommaso challenging her all the way, Sarah starts to realise that that there might just be something to la dolce vita... When ambitious workaholic Sarah Wells discovers she has inherited her estranged father's vineyard near Montalcino in Tuscany, the last thing she wants is to take time away from her busy schedule to sort out a crumbling mess of a palazzo. But, of course, life never runs smoothly and when she makes a rare error, her bosses decide a holiday is just what she needs. When Sarah arrives in Italy, she learns that she is not her father's sole heir. In fact, she only has a partial stake in Castel Sant' Angelo because of a loophole in Italian law. Her father has left the vineyard instead to his business partner, the gorgeous and infuriating Tommaso Di Biasi -- and Tomasso doesn't want to sell. At first, Sarah wants the deal done as quickly as possible so she can get back to her life in London, but it seems Italy has other plans for her. Under the warmth of the Tuscan sun, with a glass or two of the local vino rosso, and brooding Tommaso challenging her all the way, Sarah starts to realise that that there might just be something to la dolce vita...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sommer, Romy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperImpulse, 2018.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2018<br />388 pages ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Paperbacks - S - Available - 009846608<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=319968&CF=BIB Alvina Knightly: Uncensored. Unhinged. Unforgettable. 'There's something you should know before we go any further: my heart is in the wrong place. Now don't say I didn't warn you ...' Perhaps that's why nothing in Alvie's life has ever gone right? Until now. She can finally abandon her credit card debt, and her fruitless three-way relationship with Tinder and Twitter, when fate gives her the chance to steal her identical twin's perfect life. It's just a shame Beth had to die to make Alvie's dreams come true. So begin seven days of sex, violence and unapologetic selfies, one wild week that sees Alvie break every rule in the book. She never did have much respect for boundaries. It might be madness, but rules are meant to be broken. Right? Alvina Knightly: Uncensored. Unhinged. Unforgettable. 'There's something you should know before we go any further: my heart is in the wrong place. Now don't say I didn't warn you ...' Perhaps that's why nothing in Alvie's life has ever gone right? Until now. She can finally abandon her credit card debt, and her fruitless three-way relationship with Tinder and Twitter, when fate gives her the chance to steal her identical twin's perfect life. It's just a shame Beth had to die to make Alvie's dreams come true. So begin seven days of sex, violence and unapologetic selfies, one wild week that sees Alvie break every rule in the book. She never did have much respect for boundaries. It might be madness, but rules are meant to be broken. Right?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Esposito, Chloé J.<br />Unabridged.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Tullamarine, Victoria Bolinda Audio, [2017]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>℗2017<br />9 audio discs (CD) (9 hr., 55 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container.<br />Mad, bad, and dangerous to know trilogy ; 1.<br /><br />Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Audio Books on CD - ACD ESPO - Available - 008727762<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=288830&CF=BIB At the midpoint of his life, Jerry Marlow finds himself on a bus taking him from Milan to Strasbourg. Sitting slightly off-center on the long back seat, he takes stock of the wreckage strewn behind him a failed marriage, a daughter going astray, and an affair that has left him both numb and licking every wound, self-inflicted or otherwise. Even Marlow's teaching job at the university in Milan is jeopardized by new Italian laws restricting foreigners. And ahead? What lies in wait around the next bend? At the midpoint of his life, Jerry Marlow finds himself on a bus taking him from Milan to Strasbourg. Sitting slightly off-center on the long back seat, he takes stock of the wreckage strewn behind him a failed marriage, a daughter going astray, and an affair that has left him both numb and licking every wound, self-inflicted or otherwise. Even Marlow's teaching job at the university in Milan is jeopardized by new Italian laws restricting foreigners. And ahead? What lies in wait around the next bend?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Parks, Tim<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Arcade Publishing, [2012]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2012<br />261 pages ; 21 cm.<br /><br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - PARK - Available - 009251525<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=521160&CF=BIB Subject: Lucy is on holiday in Italy with her conservative cousin when she meets George Emerson, an unusual man who is not of her class. She finds herself drawn to him. When she returns home she becomes engaged to Cecil, a rather dull gentleman from her own background. Subject: Lucy is on holiday in Italy with her conservative cousin when she meets George Emerson, an unusual man who is not of her class. She finds herself drawn to him. When she returns home she becomes engaged to Cecil, a rather dull gentleman from her own background.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin, 2012.<br />v, 236 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Penguin English library<br /><br />Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - General - FORS - Available - 010667858<br /> https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=172348&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hewson, David, 1953-<br />Unabridged.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rothley, Leicester : Clipper Audio UK ; [Prince Frederick, MD : [Original recording] distributed by Recorded Books ; Boulder, Colo. : Made available electronically by] NetLibrary, c2002.<br />1 sound file (18 hr.) : digital, mp3 file.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Available online: </span>Link for more information<br /><br />Web - (Bayside Library Service) - Eaudio Books - DOWNLOADABLE - check availability online (Set: 24 Feb 2011)<br />