by Carol Goodman
Book: The Night Villa Author: Carol Goodman Genre: Fiction/Classic/Mystery/Suspense Summary: The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 buried a city and its people, their treasures and secrets. Centuries later, echoes of this disaster resonate with profound consequences in the life of ...
19/11 - This was a great literary mystery thriller. Totally enthralling story, especially learning more about Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii, and Herculaneum. I also liked learning that a lot of the mythology they've been using in Season 2 of True Blood is what's actually in the mythology books, not just...
Carol Goodman's "The Night Villa" was an enjoyable read for me because of how it presents two very different stories of different times into one majestic coat. One of the stories focuses on Sophie, a University of Texas Classics professor, who recovers in the aftermath of a tragic school shooting i...
Dr. Sophie Chase is a classics professor at the University of Texas in Austin who attends an interview as support for a student named Agnes to participate in an archaeological research project on the Isle of Capri in Italy. The interview ends with a tragic shooting in which two people are killed an...
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