David Hewson-The Flood & Carnival For The Dead

David Hewson-The Flood

Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church fresco of Adam and Eve brings together an unlikely couple: Julia Wellbeloved, an art student, and Pino Fratelli, a semi-retired detective who longs to be back in the field. Their investigation leads them to the secret society that underpins the city: an elite underworld of excess, violence and desire.Rich in the culture of Tuscany's most mysterious city, The Flood takes a dazzling journey into the history of Florence, and to the darkness in Florence's past: the night of the great flood in 1966...This is a dazzling Italian mystery, rich with culture, intrigue and dark secrets, from an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his powers. David Hewson's many bestselling works include The Killing and the Nic Costa crime series set in Rome.


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David Hewson-Carnival For The Dead

its February, and carnival time in Venice. Bright blue skies and freezing temperatures welcome Teresa Lupo, forensic pathologist to the Rome Questura, to the city. She is greeted off the vaporetto by an anonymous masked man dressed as the Plague Doctor.