{"product_id":"return-to-umbria-9781464206115","title":"Return to Umbria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wagner skillfully inserts nuggets of local culture without slowing down the narrative pace, and perhaps even more importantly, he gets Italy right. He understands the nuances of Italian manners and mentality as well as the glorious national preoccupation with food.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most famous cathedral fa ade in Italy is found in Umbria--a structure of gothic spires, arches, statues, and mosaics. But as translator Rick Montoya discovers, this jewel of Umbria has a dark side\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rick Montoya traveled to his mother's Italy from his father's Santa Fe, New Mexico, to work as a freelance translator using his dual heritage, he didn't expect to be helping the Italian police. His maternal uncle, a high-level commissioner in Rome, however, sees no reason not to use the resources at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trouble begins when Rick is asked by his uncle to go to Orvieto to talk some sense into his cousin Fabrizio, whose fling with an older married woman is embarrassing the family. Rick agrees to give it a try.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLess than a day after arrival, his language skills draw him into the brutal murder of an American visitor. The murdered woman had studied art in Italy decades earlier--why has she returned now? And when a second murder occurs in a public park--narrowly missing Rick himself--he can't help but wonder if his family has anything to do with the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this addition to David P. Wagner's mystery books, a dark past casts its shadow over the picturesque city of Umbria. Is it possible to right the wrongs of the past and remain unscathed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books in the Rick Montoya Italian Mysteries: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCold Tuscan Stone\u003cbr\u003eDeath in the Dolomites\u003cbr\u003eMurder Most Unfortunate\u003cbr\u003eReturn to Umbria\u003cbr\u003eA Funeral in Mantova\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464206115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2016 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2016 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651910824092,"sku":"9781464206115","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3b28885e-e246-4aa8-b936-c4f505600860.jpg?v=1603878688","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/return-to-umbria-9781464206115","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}