The Bologna Vendetta: A breathtakingly gripping Italian crime thriller: Daniel Leicester
Autor Tom Benjaminen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 noi 2024
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Instead of escaping reality to this fantastic city, this city of phantoms, I was rushing towards it - hard fate awaited me in this soupy shade of a place...
In the oppressive heat of summer in Bologna, English detective Daniel Leicester is reliving his beloved wife Lucia's final days. Vivid memories have been awakened by the sight of her bicycle, missing since the accident that killed her, ridden by a stranger through the city's tight medieval streets.
As unfinished business bleeds - quite literally - into the present, the sickening realisation that Lucia's death wasn't accidental dawns on Daniel. He embarks on a quest for the truth, and this most personal of crusades leads him to two contrasting worlds: the secretive, ancient realm of freemasonry, and the revolutionary 'Reclaim Bologna' activist movement.
What links these two opposing factions? Is there a chance Lucia wasn't the woman Daniel believed her to be? And will the truth be too painful, or too perilous, to bear?
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Readers and reviewers are loving The Bologna Vendetta!:
'Brilliant characters... If you like a good thriller with a strong storyline or have read Donna Leon and David Hewson and have enjoyed ...then this series will be your next favourite read !' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Evocative... immersive... old and new mysteries come together in a satisfying and moving finale. Highly recommended' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'The plot twists and turns at a delicious pace and will keep you guessing!' - ITALIA!
'Steeped in atmosphere and intrigue, The Bologna Vendetta burrows under the skin of contemporary Italy. Intelligent, incisive and compelling' - Orlando Murrin, author of Knife Skills for Beginners
'A galloping and topical read' - The Florentine
'I have read all this series and loved every single one... I really didn't want to put it down and read it in only a couple of days' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A real treat. One of the few series that I've read throughout and this is the best of the lot. Beautifully drawn characters, a wonderful evocation of Bologna, a twisty plot and a genuinely moving and clever callback to an earlier event. Oozes class' - Trevor Wood, author of the DCI Jack Parker series
'This brilliant series is consistently unmissable and The Bologna Vendetta is no exception; intriguing, intelligent and thoroughly compelling, it's the best yet!' - Karen Cole, Hair Past Freckle book review blog
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781408715529
ISBN-10: 140871552X
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Constable
Seria Daniel Leicester
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 140871552X
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Constable
Seria Daniel Leicester
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
A fascinating excursion to Bologna with added mystery, plus some very significant appearances by characters from Daniel Leicester's past, both dead and alive. Highly recommended!
Another brilliant addition to the Daniel Leicester series, in which yet another present-day twisty intrigue is movingly woven into a past narrative of Daniel's relationship with his late wife Lucia. Full of dazzling descriptions, fascinating cultural insights and a brilliant mystery, I loved the latest installment of the series just as much as all the others!
When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally - into the present, Daniel begins to suspect Lucia's accidental death may not have been an accident after all.
With characters ranging from the Bologna branch of Italy's Right and Acknowledged Masons to an activist group trashing tourist lets, Tom Benjamin takes the reader on another colourful excursion to one of Italy's most mysterious locations as the English detective and his partner Dolores Pugliese go after the truth, and a trace of justice, in a changing city.
Praise for Tom Benjamin:
' Bologna is perfectly captured, the crime plot is fresh and intriguing, and the characterisation remains spot on. I found myself totally immersed and swept through this stunner of a story in 24 hours. Highly, highly recommend' Philippa East
'An atmospheric, intelligent crime novel that is an intricate portrait of the heart of Bologna. Beautiful, gripping, and very clever' Victoria Dowd
'A brilliant, involving crime novel' Louise Hare
'Clever and beautifully written... his best yet' Louise Fein
'The locale is brought to life . . . the plot keeps you guessing' The Times
'Gripping' Harriet Tyce
'A slow-burning, tense and brooding thriller' Herald
'Atmospheric and immersive.' M.W. Craven
'Loved it.' Philip Gwynne Jones
Another brilliant addition to the Daniel Leicester series, in which yet another present-day twisty intrigue is movingly woven into a past narrative of Daniel's relationship with his late wife Lucia. Full of dazzling descriptions, fascinating cultural insights and a brilliant mystery, I loved the latest installment of the series just as much as all the others!
When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally - into the present, Daniel begins to suspect Lucia's accidental death may not have been an accident after all.
With characters ranging from the Bologna branch of Italy's Right and Acknowledged Masons to an activist group trashing tourist lets, Tom Benjamin takes the reader on another colourful excursion to one of Italy's most mysterious locations as the English detective and his partner Dolores Pugliese go after the truth, and a trace of justice, in a changing city.
Praise for Tom Benjamin:
' Bologna is perfectly captured, the crime plot is fresh and intriguing, and the characterisation remains spot on. I found myself totally immersed and swept through this stunner of a story in 24 hours. Highly, highly recommend' Philippa East
'An atmospheric, intelligent crime novel that is an intricate portrait of the heart of Bologna. Beautiful, gripping, and very clever' Victoria Dowd
'A brilliant, involving crime novel' Louise Hare
'Clever and beautifully written... his best yet' Louise Fein
'The locale is brought to life . . . the plot keeps you guessing' The Times
'Gripping' Harriet Tyce
'A slow-burning, tense and brooding thriller' Herald
'Atmospheric and immersive.' M.W. Craven
'Loved it.' Philip Gwynne Jones