Philadelphia author Jo Piazza’s new novel ‘The Sicilian Inheritance’ loosely based on great great grandmother’s murder [Video]

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — If you are looking for a great book look no further.

Launching the week of April 1st is a novel called “The Sicilian Inheritance” by local author, Jo Piazza.

It’s an adventure, a mystery and an inspiring and empowering story about women, their relationships, their place in the world and how when they come together, they can do just about anything.

“The story is loosely based on my own great great grandmother’s murder in Sicily 100 years ago,” she said,

It’s Piazza’s 12th book and her most personal.

“I just took this little nugget, this woman who was left behind in Sicily, her husband came to America, and what would life be like,” she explained. “And then I brought in a modern day woman from Philadelphia. Sarah, she is a chef and a butcher with a restaurant in Philly and she goes back to Sicily to try to solve this murder mystery and also claim …