The Bell Tower's Shadow

About The Bell Tower's Shadow

When traveling librarian Maribel Quince accepts a commission to catalog the crumbling archive of a Sicilian villa, she expects dusty documents and faded photographs—not a body at the base of a medieval bell tower. The victim clutched a torn page from the family genealogy, and now everyone from the elegant Contessa to her tight-lipped groundskeeper seems to be hiding something. With her loyal Leonberger Hector by her side, Maribel must untangle eight decades of secrets before the killer strikes again. The sun-drenched hillsides of Monteverde Antica hold more than ancient olive groves and breathtaking views. Behind the villa's peeling stucco walls, Maribel discovers forged documents, stolen church records, and a family tree that's been carefully pruned to hide an inconvenient truth. As she digs deeper into the past, she realizes that someone in this close-knit village will do anything to keep their secrets buried—including silencing a nosy American archivist