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Introducing Giuseppe Bianchi: A starter pack of short stories
These stories provide a heady mix of intrigue and mystery, combined with the warmth of the Mediterranean sun, drawing you in, leaving you wanting to know more about charismatic Italian detective, Giuseppe Bianchi.
While Giuseppe Bianchi tries to unravel dilemmas appearing in the unlikeliest of places, readers have the chance to enjoy a flavour of Italy’s capital city of Rome, a city steeped in centuries of history, reflected in its famous sites, such as the Vatican City and the Colosseum. Here is a nation known not just for its love of good food and wine, but for its warm hospitality and traditional approach to family and community, and yet there are always mysteries to explore...
In the second story in this starter pack, 'Just Fishing' we meet Giuseppe as he relaxes in his favourite seaside resort of Anzio, a popular destination for the population of Rome seeking a quiet few days at the beach, where Giuseppe Bianchi has the chance to reflect on his own life choices, while helping a friend to make a decision.
These short stories start to uncover the character and background of Giuseppe Bianchi, before we meet him in two crime novels, both set in England. Look out for ‘Crossing the Line’ and ‘After the Storm’ to follow Giuseppe’s story…
The three stories contained in this starter Letting Go, Just Fishing and Making Choices are also available in ebook format as single stories.
While Giuseppe Bianchi tries to unravel dilemmas appearing in the unlikeliest of places, readers have the chance to enjoy a flavour of Italy’s capital city of Rome, a city steeped in centuries of history, reflected in its famous sites, such as the Vatican City and the Colosseum. Here is a nation known not just for its love of good food and wine, but for its warm hospitality and traditional approach to family and community, and yet there are always mysteries to explore...
In the second story in this starter pack, 'Just Fishing' we meet Giuseppe as he relaxes in his favourite seaside resort of Anzio, a popular destination for the population of Rome seeking a quiet few days at the beach, where Giuseppe Bianchi has the chance to reflect on his own life choices, while helping a friend to make a decision.
These short stories start to uncover the character and background of Giuseppe Bianchi, before we meet him in two crime novels, both set in England. Look out for ‘Crossing the Line’ and ‘After the Storm’ to follow Giuseppe’s story…
The three stories contained in this starter Letting Go, Just Fishing and Making Choices are also available in ebook format as single stories.
50 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2024
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About the author
Isabella Muir
75 books21 followersIsabella is never happier than when she is immersing herself in the sights, sounds and experiences of family life from the Second World War years through to the 1960s. Researching all aspects of life back then formed the perfect launch pad for her works of fiction. Isabella rediscovered her love of writing fiction during two happy years working on and completing her MA in Professional Writing and since then she has gone on to publish six novels, three novellas and two short story collections.
Her love of Italy shines through all her work and, as she is half-Italian, she has enjoyed bringing all her crime novels to an Italian audience with Italian translations, which are very well received.
Her latest novel, After the Storm, is the second novel in a new series of Sussex Crimes, featuring retired Italian detective, Giuseppe Bianchi who is escaping from tragedy in Rome, only to arrive in the quiet seaside town of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, to come face-to-face with it once more.
Her first Sussex Crime Mystery series features young librarian and amateur sleuth, Janie Juke. Set in the late 1960s, in the fictional seaside town of Tamarisk Bay, we meet Janie, who looks after the mobile library. She is an avid lover of Agatha Christie stories – in particular Hercule Poirot. Janie uses all she has learned from the Queen of Crime to help solve crimes and mysteries. As well as three novels, there are three novellas in the series, which explore some of the back story to the Tamarisk Bay characters.
Isabella’s standalone novel, The Forgotten Children, deals with the emotive subject of the child migrants who were sent to Australia – again focusing on family life in the 1960s, when the child migrant policy was still in force.
Find out more about Isabella and her books by visiting her website at: www.isabellamuir.com
Her love of Italy shines through all her work and, as she is half-Italian, she has enjoyed bringing all her crime novels to an Italian audience with Italian translations, which are very well received.
Her latest novel, After the Storm, is the second novel in a new series of Sussex Crimes, featuring retired Italian detective, Giuseppe Bianchi who is escaping from tragedy in Rome, only to arrive in the quiet seaside town of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, to come face-to-face with it once more.
Her first Sussex Crime Mystery series features young librarian and amateur sleuth, Janie Juke. Set in the late 1960s, in the fictional seaside town of Tamarisk Bay, we meet Janie, who looks after the mobile library. She is an avid lover of Agatha Christie stories – in particular Hercule Poirot. Janie uses all she has learned from the Queen of Crime to help solve crimes and mysteries. As well as three novels, there are three novellas in the series, which explore some of the back story to the Tamarisk Bay characters.
Isabella’s standalone novel, The Forgotten Children, deals with the emotive subject of the child migrants who were sent to Australia – again focusing on family life in the 1960s, when the child migrant policy was still in force.
Find out more about Isabella and her books by visiting her website at: www.isabellamuir.com
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July 27, 2024
I thought the first part of the book was going somewhere & was crime related. I must've read the blurb wrong. Didn't care for it; even as a 'starter pack it did not draw me in and make me want to read more. It was a struggle to get through it, even as short as it was.
August 26, 2024
Short stories
This short book introduces you to Giuseppe Bianchi. You learn about him, his wife, and his friend. Not much else.
This short book introduces you to Giuseppe Bianchi. You learn about him, his wife, and his friend. Not much else.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews