Adriana Licio Books in Order

During the Chestnut Fair in nearby Trecchina, Vanda sees a corpse in the woods, then wakes to find it gone. Only Giò believes her, and the search for the truth leads them into old secrets and fresh danger.

When a child in Maratea seems linked to a long-dead man and a haunting tune from far away, Giò Brando cannot look away. As Christmas nears, thefts and family secrets turn a village puzzle into a race for answers.

Back in Maratea after a broken engagement, travel writer Giò Brando hopes for peace and quiet. Instead she finds a murder scene and becomes a suspect, forcing her to investigate before gossip and danger close in.

Etta, Dora, and Leon land in a German mansion for a wedding celebration that ends with the bride dead in the cake. The obvious suspect is cleared, leaving the pair to untangle love, deceit, and a chilling truth.

A winter homeswap on Denmark's Aero Island brings Etta, Dora, and Leon into a web of family feuds, buried history, and an old murder. Hygge and Christmas cheer soon give way to secrets in a dark attic.

In a mountain village steeped in folklore, newly retired teachers Etta and Dora find the body of a woman known locally as a witch. When suspicion falls fast, the pair step in and stumble into their first real case.

At a writers' retreat in Maratea, an unwelcome author arrives, and by morning she is dead. Giò Brando must sort through grudges, missing pages, and buried history before another carefully crafted lie turns lethal.

On their first home swap, retired teachers Etta and Dora arrive in Rothenburg just in time for a brutal public murder. With Leon the basset hound underfoot, they probe local secrets, a sinister pub, and a suspect who may be taking the fall.

Before Maratea, Giò Brando joins a murder mystery weekend on a Calabrian island to escape London and her fiance. When guests start disappearing and a storm cuts them off, the game turns deadly for real.

A dawn walk in Prague leaves Etta, Dora, and Leon staring down at a murder scene from Charles Bridge. Their holiday turns personal as old Communist-era secrets, betrayal, and a vanished witness pull them deeper into danger.

A restored watchtower above Maratea comes with whispers of a pirate ghost, then deaths begin to pile up. Giò and Brigadiere Paolo Rossi chase the link between hauntings, local politics, and a very human killer.

After downtrodden Zoe Zerbino is found standing over her dead boss with the weapon in hand, everyone thinks the case is solved. Giò Brando is not so sure, and one small clue points to a far colder plan.

This trio of Homeswappers stories follows Etta, Dora, and Leon through a spooky Tuscan Halloween, a child's disappearance in Christmas-lit Venice, and a snowy Alpine hunt shadowed by old Nazi secrets.

Etta, Dora, and Leon expect a quiet Scottish break, then meet a man caught in a strange inheritance game. As rivals start falling into danger along the West Highland Way, the trio must untangle greed, family grudges, and murder.

A home swap in a shabby Scottish castle sounds magical until a developer is killed in the hall by a suit of armour. Etta, Dora, and Leon face ghosts, local protests, and a fight over heritage on Mull.

Maratea is buzzing over a wartime film production when the lead actress falls from the cliffs to her death. As egos clash and trouble stalks the set, Giò must separate performance from real malice, and face her feelings for Paolo.

Frida returns to the Lake District after her grandmother's death and uncovers a memoir, a hidden body, and a wartime secret tied to Beatrix Potter's village. With Etta, Dora, and Leon, she races to stop history from turning deadly again.

At a literary festival in Fowey, guests begin dying in ways that echo Daphne du Maurier's fiction. Etta, Dora, and Leon must decide whether they are chasing a twisted homage, a buried grudge, or something even darker.