Set in the beautiful and deadly Sicilian town of Palermo, Gabrielle Marks' debut novel tells the story of staid Englishman Nick and his outspoken Sicilian wife, Paola. When Paola's wallet is snatched on a crowded Palermo bus, later turning up at the house of a beautiful young artist named Dante, it sets off a chain of events that will turn Paola's marriage on end and forever change Dante's sense of his adopted city. With a fresh outlook on an exotic society and land, Palermo Story draws an intriguing and enjoyable portrait of life in Palermo, Italy.

Gabrielle Marks, author of Palermo Story, was born and raised in London. She studied for the stage at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and moved to Italy in 1964 to teach English at the Berlitz School of Languages in Palermo. She has been a freelance journalist for a number of Italian newspapers and journals, and is currently a teacher and translator. She has two grown children and lives in Palermo with her husband, a Sicilian.