THE ITALIAN WIFE

A powerful love story about a strong-minded young woman who fights to discover the truth about her husband's death and in doing so risks her own life.

Italy, 1932 -- Mussolini's Italy is growing from strength to strength, but at what cost? One bright autumn morning, architect Isabella Berotti sits at a cafe in the vibrant centre of Bellina, when a woman she's never met asks her to watch her ten-year-old daughter, just for a moment. Reluctantly, Isabella agrees -- and then watches in horror as the woman climbs to the top of the town's clock tower and steps over the edge.

This tragic encounter draws vivid memories to the surface, forcing Isabella to probe deeper into the secrets of her own past as she tries to protect the young girl from the authorities. Together with charismatic photographer Roberto Falco, Isabella is about to discover that secrets run deeper, and are more dangerous, than either of them could have possibly imagined . . .

From the glittering marble piazzas, to the picturesque hillside villages and winding streets of Rome, Kate Furnivall's epic new novel will take you on an breathtaking journey of intrigue, romance and betrayal.

KATE FURNIVALL was born in Wales of English and Russian/Danish parents. After a degree in English at London University, she worked first in publishing and then in advertising in London as a producer of TV commercials and documentaries. She eventually moved to Devon to raise five cats, two sons and a husband. Her mother was the daughter of a White Russian who fled to China after the Russian revolution in 1917. Kate's passions are tennis, cats, chocolate, Clint Eastwood, Dartmoor and Roger Federer's serve. Kate was shortlisted for the Historical Novel of the Year – RNA 2013