The Italian Daughter

Slight Departure From Lane's Typical Approach, Same Great Storytelling. I think this may be the first dual timeline book I've encountered from Lane, who normally writes historical fiction - mostly WWII - under this name. Here, we get a WWII story... but it serves to fill in the holes of the current day mystery, which is the other timeline. This is potentially an excellent starter that does well to both set up a series *and* combine "both" sides of Lane's storytelling - she also writes actual romance stories as her name without the "M" middle initial, and the romance/ women's fiction element here is particularly strong in *both* timelines. Which arguably makes this Lane's strongest book to date, as she is finally able to combine her components into one full "self". Truly an outstanding work, and very much recommended.<br/><br/>Merged review:<br/><br/>Slight Departure From Lane's Typical Approach, Same Great Storytelling. I think this may be the first dual timeline book I've encountered from Lane, who normally writes historical fiction - mostly WWII - under this name. Here, we get a WWII story... but it serves to fill in the holes of the current day mystery, which is the other timeline. This is potentially an excellent starter that does well to both set up a series *and* combine "both" sides of Lane's storytelling - she also writes actual romance stories as her name without the "M" middle initial, and the romance/ women's fiction element here is particularly strong in *both* timelines. Which arguably makes this Lane's strongest book to date, as she is finally able to combine her components into one full "self". Truly an outstanding work, and very much recommended.