Treachery in Tuscany

Phyllis Gobbell

May 2018 · Encircle+ORM

About this ebook

An American architect is in Italy for site-seeing, romance, and unmasking a killer in this cozy travel mystery by the author of Pursuit in Provence.

Jordan Mayfair expects her stay at an exquisite 15th century convent in Florence, Italy, to be a serene retreat from the world. Most of all, she is looking forward to a romantic interlude with the charming patron of the arts Paul Broussard, who is flying in from Paris just for her. But when another guest dies, and the police hastily pronounce it a suicide, Jordan suspects the tranquil mood has been shattered by foul play.

As she investigates the suspicious death, Jordan discovers secrets as dark as the convent labyrinths that she explores with an architect’s eye. But when her investigation leads her to shocking revelations about Paul’s daughter, Jordan begins to fear that finding the killer might cost her chance at love—if not her life.

About the author

Phyllis Gobbell’s latest manuscript, Treachery in Tuscany, is third in the Jordan Mayfair Mystery Series that began with Pursuit in Provence (2015) and continued with Secrets and Shamrocks (2016). She also co-authored two true-crime books based on high-profile murders in Nashville: An Unfinished Canvas with Mike Glasgow (Berkley, 2007) and A Season of Darkness with Doug Jones (Berkley, 2010). She was interviewed on Discovery ID’s “Deadly Sins,” discussing the murder case in An Unfinished Canvas. Her narrative, “Lost Innocence,” was published in the anthology, Masters of True Crime (Prometheus, 2012) and is now available as an audiobook. She has received awards in both fiction and nonfiction, including Tennessee’s Individual Artist Literary Award. An associate professor of English at Nashville State Community College, she teaches writing and literature.