A review by rmattson81
The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline

3.5

The Unraveling of Julia is the latest book by veteran thriller writer Lisa Scottoline. This book is a bit of a departure from her standard legal thrillers- it’s a paranormal mystery. 

After the death of her husband, Julia Pritzker receives word from Italy that she has inherited a large estate in Tuscany as well as a sizeable monetary inheritance. Julia, having been adopted and knowing nothing of her birth family, assumes it is coming from her biological family and heads to Italy to find out. While there, she experiences crazy visions and paranoia, just like her benefactor has before her death. Is she losing it? Or is something else going on?

Admittedly it took me about 50% to get in to this book. For the first half, I found Julia to be exceedingly annoying and sometimes wanted to stop reading. I’m glad I stayed the course, though. The story really picks up in the usual Scottoline way. 

Thanks to the authors in a, the publisher, and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.