Bella Donna
Barbara Cherne. Fithian Press, $10.95 (153pp) ISBN 978-1-56474-362-6
It's summer 1494 in Florence, and the wife of a prominent man is found dead in her courtyard in Bella Donna: A Renaissance Mystery Novel by Barbara Cherne (Looking Glass). Bella, sister-in-law to the widowed man, is presumed guilty, but Giuditta, the family's cook and the accused's friend, follows a trail of intricate familial betrayals to prove Bella's innocence.
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Reviewed on: 06/01/2001
Genre: Fiction