Italian Hours

About the Book

Italian Hours features three short, interconnected novellas. Tricks of the Heart, set in Rome, explores the impact of the recent papal conclave on a group of Romans and expats. Holiness of the Heart’s Affections finds a woman returning to Florence after the death of the estranged love of her life to process that loss. To Cease Upon the Midnight Hour charts the journey of a pianist who is trying to outrun the progress of a motor neuron disease in order to give his last concert at La Fenice in Venice.

About the Author

Elizabeth Cowley Tyler lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She holds a bachelor of arts in English literature from Elmira College and a master of arts in French from Middlebury College. She has lived and studied in London and Paris and has traveled extensively in France, Italy, England, Germany, and Russia. Prior published works includes a series of mystery novels: The Madeleine Murders, Murder at the Maison de Balzac, and Murder at Les Halles, featuring Inspector Henri Corbet of the Paris Police. Her literary novels include Pro Patri Mori; a Great War novel, Dark Angel; and In Search of Chopin, a biographical novel. Tavistock Square, Vanishing Point, and Italian Hours are her most recent works.