Description
| Product ID: | 9781529038842 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cesare Aldo series |
| Title: | The Darkest Sin |
| Subtitle: | Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Award 2023 |
| Authors: | Author: D. V. Bishop |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries, Thriller / suspense fiction, Historical fiction, Thriller / suspense, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An atmospheric locked-room historical thriller set against the backdrop of the Medici dynasty in 1530s Renaissance Florence and the sequel to the acclaimed City of Vengeance. <p><b>Set in Renaissance Florence, <i>The Darkest Sin</i> is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop and is the sequel to <i>City of Vengeance</i>. </b><br><br><b>'He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' – Historical Novel Society</b><br><br><b>Florence. Spring, 1537.</b><br><br>When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city’s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets.<br><br>When a man’s body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times, the case becomes even more complicated. Unthinkable as it seems, all the evidence suggests one of the nuns must be the killer.<br><br>Meanwhile, Constable Carlo Strocchi finds human remains pulled from the River Arno that belong to an officer of the law missing since winter. The dead man had many enemies, but who would dare kill an official of the city’s most feared criminal court?<br><br>As Aldo and Strocchi close in on the truth, identifying the killers will prove more treacherous than either of them could ever have imagined . . .<br><br><b>Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Award 2023</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-02 |
