Auntie Poldi and the Handsome Antonio..., Mario Giordano
Auntie Poldi and the Handsome Antonio..., Mario Giordano
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Auntie Poldi and the Handsome Antonio

Author: Mario Giordano

Narrator: Matt Addis

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/04/2020

Categories: Fiction, Humorous


Synopsis

The latest installment in Mario Giordano’s best-selling series of charming mysteries, starring Sicily’s most glamorous gumshoe, Auntie Poldi ("Long may she reign." *)

*Kirkus Reviews, starred review

All the beloved, irascible Auntie Poldi wanted from her Sicilian retirement was time to enjoy the sunshine, a free-flowing supply of wine, and a sultry romance with Chief Inspector Vito Montana. But then her idyll is rudely disrupted by the last person she wants to see on her doorstep: John Owenya, detective inspector with the Tanzanian Ministry of Home Affairs, who is also her estranged lying cheat of a husband.

Not only is John's sudden reappearance putting a kink in Poldi's dreamy love affair with Montana, but his presence also comes with a plea for help—and unwanted clashes with the Mafia.

Where is John's half-brother? What is the ten-million-dollar "it" that John's brother was last seen with, which has both the Sicilian and theTanzanian mobs in a frenzy? With only a postcard that has a phone number and a name, "Handsome Antonio," on the back, Auntie Poldi hops begrudgingly (albeit with a great deal of gumption and panache) back into the saddle (in this case, an immaculate red Maserati Cabrio from the eighties with cream leather upholstery). The faster she finds Handsome Antonio, the sooner she can get John Owenya out of her hair and her love life. But the people Poldi discovers along the way may very well knock her immaculate wig askew.

About Mario Giordano

Mario Giordano, the son of Italian immigrants, was born in Munich in 1963 and studied psychology at the University of Düsseldorf. He writes novels, books for adolescents, and screenplays. He lives in Cologne. Auntie Poldi and the Handsome Antonio is his third novel to be translated into English.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Viola on August 25, 2020

Namaste, life. Rest of the world can kiss my arse! Tante Poldi turpina sajūsmināt. Sapratu, ka šī sērija jālasa ar pārtraukumiem. Trešā grāmata atkal aizgāja uz urrā. Ideāla atvaļinājuma grāmata. Noziegums, trakie sicīlieši, dzīvespriecīgā Poldi. Gaidu turpinājumu!......more

Goodreads review by Donna on March 06, 2022

I’ve been waiting a while to review this one because I do not know how to review Auntie Poldi without sounding like a love-sick puppy. A sixty-four-year-old ( or around there) widow with a crazy beehive wig (I googled that for an image), Auntie Poldi is a hero whom I can believe in. She’s still sexy......more

Goodreads review by Edwin on April 07, 2020

If you haven't discovered Auntie Poldi yet, then now is the time. Set in Sicily, these mysteries explore southern Italy through all the confidence and sexual bravado of Poldi, a sixty-something Bavarian with a penchant for police officers in uniform. In this installment, Poldi takes a road trip - in......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 19, 2021

Wonderfully fanciful I love Poldi. She complicated and manages to be both deep and flighty at the same time. She is larger than life and no one quite believes her stories but maybe they should. She's got more good advice about how to live life than a self help book and a thousand times more enjoyable......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on June 30, 2022

1.5 really The story might have been interesting and fun, if only it weren’t for the writing. Instead, if it was too ridiculous to believe and too pretentious to enjoy. 1. It’s told in a weird mix of first and third person made worse by the fact that Auntie Poldi’s nephew writes too much and in too......more