Dark Paradise — May Mackintosh

When strange twist of fate brought Laurie Grant to Taormina, the jewel-like resort perched high over the Mediterranean Sea, vulnerable and alone? What mysterious business had called Stewart Noble to New York, postponing for the moment their wedding and honeymoon trip? And what was the curious connection that Laurie found on the beautiful and awesome island with Stewart's precipitous departure from London?

May Mackintosh once again has written a novel of menace and suspense, this time set in the colorful but often sinister locale of Sicily. There is a sumptuous villa the disappointed Laurie awaits the arrival of her fiance amidst the quiet elegance and the ravishing landscape that surround her. But her peaceful stay is abruptly shattered by an extraordinary chain of events, beginning with a shocking discovery that places her in great danger, continuing in a spiraling series of hazardous adventures involving the Mafia, the FBI, and murder, and culminating in a voyage of terror aboard a strange, luxurious schooner plying the deceptively placid Tyrrhenian Sea.

Original Title: The Sicilian affair