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  Publication Date:  January 28, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Historical Mystery Thriller Narrator:  Richard Armitage Publisher:  WF Howes Ltd          Length:  12 hours 40 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943. The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo i...

Title:   The Witch of Napoli by Michael Schmicker Publisher: Palladino books Format: ebook Pages: 342 pages Genre:  Historical Fiction, Fiction, I received an advanced e-copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com Synopsis:  Italy 1899: Fiery-tempered, seductive medium Alessandra Poverelli levitates a table at a Spiritualist séance in Naples. A reporter photographs the miracle, and wealthy, skeptical, Jewish psychiatrist Camillo Lombardi arrives in Naples to investigate. When she materializes the ghost of his dead mother, he risks his reputation and fortune to finance a tour of the Continent, challenging the scientific and academic elite of Europe to test Alessandra's mysterious powers. She will help him rewrite Science. His fee will help her escape her sadistic husband Pigotti and start a new life in Rome. Newspapers across Europe trumpet her Cinderella story and baffling successes, and the public demands to know - does the "Queen of Spirits"...