{"product_id":"9781035041961","title":"Carnival of Lies by D. V. Bishop","description":"The Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger Winning Author‘Brilliant’ – Ian Rankin‘Full of dash and atmosphere’ – The TimesThe latest historical mystery from D. V. Bishop sees Cesare Aldo face his demons in Renaissance Italy.\u003cp\u003eVenice. Winter, 1539.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence – with his life, if necessary. The deadly attack which follows leads to bodies, bloodshed . . . and something far more dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose behind the plot obtain a journal of the duke’s containing explosive secrets that – in the wrong hands – could destroy all of Florence. Aldo must hunt down those responsible and reclaim the journal, or face banishment from the city and everyone he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trail leads him towards the one place Aldo has sworn to never return, a city of masks and lies where he has no allies and far too many enemies: Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fate of a dynasty rests on his shoulders – if he can make it out alive . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarnival of Lies is the fifth Cesare Aldo mystery by D. V. Bishop, preceded by A Divine Fury, City of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin and Ritual of Fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A brilliantly entertaining historical thriller that twists and turns like the very calli and canali of Venice itself’ – Philip Gwynne Jones, author of the Nathan Sutherland Venice mysteries\u003c\/p\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 384 pages","brand":"PAN MACMILLAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47758751629539,"sku":"9781035041961","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781035041961.jpg?v=1766569698","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781035041961","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}