Siracusa (Ephron)

Book Reviews
An irresistible novel for fans of psychological thrillers, or those considering vacationing with former lovers and spouses (often one and the same).
Oprah Magazine


[A] suspenseful, thoroughly delicious tale. You can almost taste the gelato.
People


(Starred review.) A seductive and edgy dissection of two imploding marriages—and an unhinged mother-daughter alliance.... Each of these toxic relationships puts the characters on course to careen headlong into a dark place of deceit and rage in Ephron’s brilliant takedown of marital and familial pretense.
Publishers Weekly


This could be a quick beach read for those interested in romantic suspense or travel writing, as long as they don't mind the cast of unlikable characters. —Kate Gray, Boston P.L., MA
Library Journal


A master of precise and keen character development, a virtuoso of pacing and surprise, a wizard at skewering convention and expectation, Ephron offers a bewitching take on relationships—marital, parental, casual, and serious—in this read-in-one-sitting, escapist escapade with a message.
Booklist


Siracusa starts innocuously enough, as an ironic travelogue about American sophisticates abroad....with each narrator recounting and interpreting the same encounters from vastly differing perspectives….As the clues pile up, the coming storm is expertly foreshadowed—but when it arrives, it’s utterly surprising.
Kirkus Reviews