{"product_id":"villa-ferrara-raphael-urbain-9798257961830","title":"Villa Ferrara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVILLA FERRARA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Murder Mystery in the Italian Countryside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen travel writer Cecily Marsh arrives at a sun-drenched Tuscan vineyard to research a magazine piece, she expects good wine, golden hills, and a week of uncomplicated beauty. What she gets instead is a dead body, a villa full of suspects, and the growing suspicion that absolutely nothing about this situation is what it appears to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe victim is Marco Ferrara - charming, magnetic, beloved owner of the Ferrara estate and its celebrated vineyards. The suspects are considerable: a composed and dangerous ex-wife, a flamboyant old rival searching desperately for something he won't explain, a business partner who arrived two days early and has been behaving suspiciously ever since, and a goddaughter whose inheritance may be the motive for everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe investigating officer is Commissario Bruno Sartori, who has been policing this corner of Tuscany for thirty years and finds Cecily professionally obstructive and personally suspicious - both of which are, he will reluctantly admit, not entirely wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd somewhere in the villa, something is being hidden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharp, sun-warmed, and wickedly plotted, \u003ci\u003eVilla Ferrara\u003c\/i\u003e is a beach read murder mystery in the tradition of the great golden age whodunit - full of red herrings, ensemble comedy, and the particular pleasure of a mystery that plays completely fair with its reader. Every clue is planted. Every character is hiding something. And the truth, when it arrives, is simultaneously a complete surprise and the only thing it could possibly have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the breathtaking backdrop of the Tuscan hills, with a cast of characters you will alternately suspect and adore, \u003ci\u003eVilla Ferrara\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about wine, inheritance, the complicated mathematics of old friendships, and what it means to build something worth protecting - and what happens when the people you trust most turn out to be the ones you should have been watching all along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for fans of Richard Osman, Alexander McCall Smith, and anyone who has ever wanted to solve a murder in Italy with a glass of very good Sangiovese.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raphael Urbain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798257961830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Raphael Urbain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172896973055,"sku":"9798257961830","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/villa-ferrara-raphael-urbain-9798257961830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}