The Villa Triste
$9.99
It is the Autumn of 1943. Italy signs the armistice that will take it out of the war, and slides into chaos. Two sisters, Isabella and Caterina Cammaccio, find themselves surrounded by terror and death. As the Allied advance stalls in the south, Italy is trapped under the heel of a brutal Nazi occupation. Determined to take on not only the Nazis, but also the newly resurgent Fascists, bands of Partisans rise up. Thrust headlong into the unknown, Isabella and Caterina will test their wits and deepest beliefs as never before. Their choices will reverberate for decades.
In the present day, Alessandro Pallioti, one of Florence's most senior policemen oversees a murder investigation. As the case begins to unravel, Pallioti finds himself first pulled backwards in time, then racing against it, working to uncover a crime lost in the twilight of war.
Pan Macmillan acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to lands, waters and communities.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. We honour more than sixty thousand years of storytelling, art and culture.
© Pan Macmillan Australia 2025