Aunt Poldi And The Sicilian Lions

I think I enjoyed Aunt Poldi And The Sicilian Lions so much because I have traveled to Sicily and have been through the towns that line the sea between Catania and Palermo. Mario Giordano is the author and J. Maxwell Brownjohn translated the book into English. Aunt Poldi decides to move to Sicily at the age of 60. She sells her parent's home in Germany and buys a new one on the sea next to Mount Etna. Her husband has died but he has three sisters living in Sicily. Her nephew is the narrator of the story. He lives in Germany but he comes to spend a week with his Aunt Poldi once a month while he works on writing a novel about their family. A young handy man named Valentino doesn't show up for Aunt Poldi so she goes out looking for him. His parents don't know where he is. Three days later Aunt Poldi finds his body on the beach when she goes to take an early morning swim. She vows to find his murderer. This book has many quirky characters, funny situations, and quite a lot of drinking alcohol. I wish I had an aunt like Aunt Poldi.