Review
The Fifth Rita Calabrese Culinary Mystery
Rita Calabrese is thrilled to be in Tuscany, celebrating a second honeymoon with her husband, Sal. He's insisted she relax and give up all thoughts of work and sleuthing. No problem...until she meets an Italian detective who asks her to be his eyes and ears regarding antiquities theft. Then there's family drama so thick it could be cut with a knife. But when the villa's cook says that Rita can't cook Italian food, all thoughts of nefarious archeologists go on the back burner as Rita defends both her cooking and her heritage.
With a second honeymoon and upcoming nuptials as a setting, relationships prove the key to this fifth Rita Calabrese Mystery. The lengths people go to to keep a family together, secrets kept and revealed, and the decisions that cement relationships, for good or bad, all play a part.
I absolutely love Rita. From drooling over a fictional, and not so fictional, detective while being devoted to her husband to taking umbrage at the aspersions thrown on her cooking, Rita is a friend I want on my side. I like how she and her sister work together, not only sleuthing, but dealing with men, showing once again, the importance of family in this series. I also got a kick out of Rita involving Sal in her sleuthing, unbeknownst to him. Role playing indeed!
With a bucolic setting MURDER UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN is at once funny, touching, and smart. Interesting historical tidbits and fantastic food descriptions, along with a sweet dog and feisty feline make this one Italian adventure you won't want to miss!
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