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      Italian Fever

      by Valerie Martin
      Published
      Jul 1999
      Main Genre
      Suspense Suspense
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      259
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      Part romance, part gothic suspense story, this is the compelling tale of an American woman's awakening as she tumbles headlong into a mystery, art, and eros—from the bestselling, award-winning author of Property.  â€¢ "Spellbinding ... A virtuoso ... Martin's competence has kindled into brilliance." —The New York Times Book Review

      Lucy leads a quiet, solitary life working for a best-selling (but remarkably untalented) writer. When he dies at his villa in Tuscany, Lucy flies to Tuscany to settle his affairs. What begins as a grim chore soon threatens Stark's Emersonian self-reliance--and her very sense of what is real. The villa harbors secrets: a missing manuscript, neighbors whose Byzantine arrogance veils their dark past, a phantom whose nocturnal visits tear a gaping hole in Lucy's well-honed skepticism. And to complicate matters: Massimo, a married man whose tender attentions render Lucy breathless.

      Smart, sophisticated, achingly beautiful, Italian Fever is one of the most original and compelling novels of the year.

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      General Fiction Suspense

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      May 2000 Vintage ISBN13 9780375705229 ISBN10 0375705228
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      First Edition Jul 1999 Knopf ISBN13 9780375405426 ISBN10 0375405429
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      Jul 2004 Orion (UK) ISBN13 9780752867120 ISBN10 0752867121
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      Jan 2012 Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN13 9781780222639 ISBN10 1780222637
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      Jul 2004 Orion (UK) ISBN13 9780752867113 ISBN10 0752867113
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      Feb 2000 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN13 9780783888408 ISBN10 0783888406
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