The villa
Hawkins, Rachel, 1979-2024
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As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable, but their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is breathtaking, but it has a dark past – in 1974 it was rented by a notorious rockstar, who was joined by up-and-coming musician Pierce Sheldon and his girlfriend, Mari. By the end of the holiday Pierce is dead, and Mari goes on to write one of the greatest horror novels of all time. As Emily digs into the villa's history, she begins to think that Pierce's murder wasn't just a tale of sex, drugs and rock & roll gone wrong, but something more sinister – and that there might be clues hidden in the now-iconic works that Mari left behind. Yet the closer that Emily gets to the truth, the more tension she feels developing between her and Chess. As secrets from the past come to light, equally dangerous betrayals from the present also emerge – and it begins to look like the villa will claim another victim before the summer ends.
Main title:
The villa / by Rachel Hawkins.
Author:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
397 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9798885796163 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
Detective and mystery storiesFemale friendship -- FictionMurder -- Investigation -- FictionCold cases (Criminal investigation) -- FictionBetrayal -- FictionVacation rentals -- Italy -- FictionRock musicians -- FictionWomen authors -- FictionSecrecy -- FictionSiblings -- FictionNineteen seventies -- FictionMurder -- FictionOrvieto (Italy) -- Fiction
BRN:
503291
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Large Print - Fiction | HAWKIN | Available |