<b>Small villages keep big secrets.</b><br /><br />Welcome to the picture-perfect Italian village of Aramezzo, where secrets are hidden among cobblestone alleys, and danger lurks in the tangled vineyards.<br /><br />Chef Stella Buchanan, a rising star of the Manhattan restaurant scene, has come to Aramezzo to revive her family&#39;s abandoned bed-and-breakfast. But when her first guest dies under mysterious circumstances, Stella must use her culinary skills to uncover the truth of what happened before she herself comes under scrutiny.<br /><br />Plus, to Stella&rsquo;s chagrin, the property comes with a belligerent cat.<br /><br />With a quirky cast of characters&mdash;from a quippy trash collector to an eccentric bookstore owner to a burly cop with a penchant for historical romance&mdash;Michelle Damiani&#39;s eagerly awaited debut cozy mystery, <b><i>Death in Aramezzo</i></b>, will keep you guessing until the very end.<br /><br /><b>Can Stella discover the bitter truth before the town&#39;s buried secrets claim another victim?</b><br /><br /><i>&ldquo;Italy, food, wine, mystery, great characters&mdash;all of my favorite things!&rdquo;</i><br /><i>&ldquo;Loved Aramezzo. Loved all the people. I swear I felt that I was there, could smell the coffee and almost taste the food.&rdquo;</i><br /><i>&ldquo;This book was a brilliant adventure and I can&rsquo;t wait to embark on the next one.&rdquo;</i><br /><i>&ldquo;Like Michelle Damiani&#39;s other books, this is a story whose setting brings Umbria&#39;s sun-soaked piazzas to life.&rdquo;</i><br /><i>&ldquo;I flew through it! I loved the town, the people and the mystery.&rdquo;</i><br /><i>&ldquo;Travel to Itay&mdash;no passport needed!&rdquo;</i>