Imagine inheriting a house and olive grove in Tuscany. What could possibly go wrong? What secrets long buried?

Set in Tuscany and Umbria, during the season when Etruscan archaeologists return to their excavations, The Whirling Girl explores the stratigraphy of love -- and of lies -- and the many-layered past of this seductive part of Italy.


On my "Diggings" page, you will find background information about the Etruscans, the Amazon, and botanical art (all of which play a part in this novel), as well links to other sites that explore these subjects.

And if you click on "Dr. Johnson's Corner" you will come on a page where invited writers are sending in pieces that they have reluctantly edited out of their published work, a sort of self-selected Salon des Refusés.

“Sexy and sophisticated, The Whirling Girl is a fairtytale for grownups....”
Annabel Lyon, author of The Golden Mean.