National Post’s top 99 list of 2015 books;”The Sicilian Wife is both a political thriller and an absorbing psychological page-turner. It is set firmly in Sicilian noir and yet travels a Canadian immigrant’s dark childhood past. This is a novel, like Sicily herself: full of marvelous contradictions and beauty. Of course, I raced along with the police investigation. I enjoyed each Sicilian proverb and delicacy. But in its final pages I’m sure I could taste the sting in the Sicilian dust.” Peter Oliva, Calgary; “The novel is ambitious, flitting between different timelines and allowing the story of Fulvia’s past to inform and enrich de Luca’s investigation … These different threads are well-balanced, making The Sicilian Wife a crime novel with a real depth of character and place.” Nathan Ruthven, The National Post; “The Sicilian Wife is a clever interpretation of the Mafia noir genre, a great pageturner which manages to evoke a refreshingly authentic portrait of contemporary Sicily.”