“Moved as I was (in suspense, hanging from page to page, from beginning to end, all the way to the heartrending denouement), I was traveling in another time and in a new light, the same beloved, familiar, infallible fictional pathways discovered by Henry James.” —Giorgio Bassani

“The narrative is lively, then dreamlike; the writing is musical in its balance and variety.” —Los Angeles Times

“Like many gifted writers, Francesca Duranti illuminates the society about which she writes—contemporary Italy—with all the contradictions, illusions and hope. With rare skill [she] takes the ordinary pieces of Fabrizio’s life and creates an Italian mosaic, a mystery thriller of possibilities.” —The San Francisco Chronicle

“It is a mark of Ms. Duranti’s power that while we are left in suspense until the end, we know that what is happening is inevitable, too.”—The New York Times

“An internationally acclaimed best-selling novel, Francesca Duranti’s The House on Moon Lake “should be read alone, at one sitting, in the presence of teeming bookshelves, so that the ghost of literary artifice can hover as you read.”—The Washington Post