Book summary

Angelo Cartolano is a winemaker near Seattle, where his daughter, Brunella, works as an architect. When his son, Angelo, is killed, along with his men, fighting a nearby forest fire, U.S. Forest Service investigators suspect that the deaths were due to Angelo's own negligence. Father and daughter are devastated, Angelo's death plus her own face-off with a corrupt developer lead Brunella to re-think her entire life, and she takes off for the family's native Italy hoping to make a new start.

Media reviews

"A rollicking soap opera with as many twists as a corkscrew, written with an investigative reporter's eye for detail and nose for coincidence...."