The Sicilian Inheritance: A Novel by Jo Piazza (4/2/24)

**PREORDER TODAY - ON SALE - APRIL 2, 2024** NOTE: Preorders ship out on their on sale dates From bestselling author and award-winning journalist, Jo Piazza, comes a transporting novel rooted in the author's own family history about a long-awaited trip to Sicily, a disputed inheritance, and a family secret that some will kill to protect…Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie's death also opens an escape from her life and window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land and a bombshell family secret. Rosie believes Sara's great-great-grandmother, Serafina, the family matriarch who was left behind while her husband worked in America, didn’t die of illness, as family lore has it…she was murdered.Thus begins a twist-filled adventure that takes Sara all over the picturesque Italian countryside, as she races to solve a mystery and prove her birthright. Flashing back to the past, we meet Serafina, a feisty and headstrong young woman in the early 1900s thrust into motherhood in her teens, who fought for a better life not just for herself, but for all the women of her small village. Unsurprisingly, it isn’t long before a woman challenging the status quo finds herself in danger.As Sara discovers more about Serafina she also realizes she is coming head-to-head against the same menacing forces that took down her great-grandmother. At once an immersive multigenerational mystery and an ode to the undaunted heroism of everyday women, The Sicilian Inheritance is an atmospheric, page-turning delight.