Franki Amato has plans for the Christmas holiday, plans that include spending quality time alone with her boyfriend. Franki and Bradley Harmann are both so busy with work that their time together is precious and Franki is looking forward to their first Christmas together. Unfortunately, a phone call from her mother changes everything and now Franki is rushing home as her nonna is missing.

I haven't read any of the books in the Franki Amato Mystery series but ROSOLIO RED has definitely whetted my appetite for more! Franki and her overbearing family are a lot of fun but her nonna, Carmela Montalbano, is without a doubt my favorite. We see very little of Carmela but we learn quite a bit about her for such a short story, and I look forward to seeing more of her meddlesome ways in future stories.

ROSOLIO RED is a short but fun Christmas story in which the importance of family is emphasized. I love how Traci Andrighetti injects humor into the storyline. The scene with Mr. Petricola still makes me giggle when I think about it! ROSOLIO RED is my first taste of the mysteries of Traci Andrighetti and Franki Amato but it will not be the last!

Book Summary

With Christmas around the corner, Franki Amato’s got visions of her sugarplum, Bradley Hartmann, dancing in her head. Now that she finally has some time off from her PI job, she’s cooking him up a special holiday treat, and it’s not figgy pudding. Her Yuletide plans are dashed, however, when her meddlesome Sicilian grandma goes missing, and she has to hurry home to Houston to investigate. All the evidence points to foul play, but then there’s a bizarre break in the case—one that makes her wonder whether her notorious nonna has been naughty or nice.

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