Title:	The Unraveling of Julia
	Author:	Lisa Scottoline
	Published:	July 15, 2025, Grand Central Publishing
	No. of Pages:	396
	Cover Price:	$21.99 Hardcover, $19.99 Paperback, $14.99 Kindle, $22.04 Audio book

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Fans of bestselling author, Lisa Scottoline will welcome an excellent novel The Unraveling of Julia.Julia Pritzker and her husband, Mike are walking home after a late dinner out, when a man jumps out at them to grab Julia’s purse and knife’s her husband, who dies at the scene. Julia is beside herself and is having a hard time getting over it, when she receives a letter from an attorney in Tuscany informing her that she has inherited a villa and vineyard, as well as a lot of money from Emilia Rossi, a woman she doesn’t know. Julia was adopted, and her adoptive parents are dead; she has always wondered who her birth mother is, and travels to see her estate and hopefully find her birth mother.

Anyone who has read Lisa Scottoline’s novels knows that she is an excellent storyteller, and includes plenty of twists and turns as well as building suspense. This novel is no exception. It is actually gripping and will keep readers on the edge with unexpected scenarios. Scottoline does an excellent job of developing her characters, and Julia, the protagonist, is likeable and readers want her to succeed in her quest for her birth mother, her need to get over her husband’s death (and for the police to solve the murder so that the perpetrator can be punished). There are several supporting characters who are believable and perfect additions to move the story along.

While most of us love to read an actual book or a kindle version, this one has many Italian references, names, and nuances, making it even better when listening to an audio version; the narrator is excellent and everything is pronounced correctly, which sets the scene and makes readers feel they are actually in Tuscany.

All told, this is a fascinating novel and highly recommended. The only thing missing is the recipes for the mouthwatering dishes that are mentioned throughout.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.