Venetian Gothic
a dark, atmospheric thriller set in Italy's most beautiful city
$28.61
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2020
Summary
‘A riveting story of deception and corruption’ Daily Mail
‘A must for all Italy lovers’ David Hewson
Even the most beautiful city on earth has a dark side …
It is November 2nd, 2017. All Souls Day. On the Day of the Dead, the citizens of Venice make their way to the cemetery island of San Michele to pay their respects to the departed. When an empty coffin is unearthed in the English section of the graveyard, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472129741 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472129741 |
| Author: | Philip Gwynne Jones |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 30mm |
| Series: | The Nathan Sutherland Series |
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Critics Review
The Venetian setting is vividly described – Literary Review
’…a playful novel, recounted by a witty and engaging narrator … as Venetian as a painting by Bellini (or a glass of Bellini). Oh, and it’s also an unputdownable thriller’
‘A perfect holiday read’ - Huddersfield Daily ExaminerLight and easy to read, with touches of humour and great observations of locale and people. As the plot moves along, the early Summer sun dapples the canals and lights up the buildings, just illuminating this beautiful cityA crime book for people with sophisticated tastes: Venice, opera, renaissance art, good food and wine… I enjoyed all that and more - The Crime WarpAbout The Author
Philip Gwynne Jones
Philip Gwynne Jones was born in South Wales in 1966, and lived and worked throughout Europe before settling in Scotland in the 1990s. He first came to Italy in 1994, when he spent some time working for the European Space Agency in Frascati, a job that proved to be less exciting than he had imagined.
He spent twenty years in the IT industry before realising he was congenitally unsuited to it. Furthermore, an attempt to find a secure, well-paid job with a proper pension had resulted in him finding himself in the IT department of a large Scottish bank during the global financial crisis.
Something, clearly, had to change. And so it was that - following a conversation with a man in a pub - Philip and Caroline left their jobs, sold their flat and moved to Venice in search of a better, simpler future. They were wrong about the ‘simpler’ bit …
Philip now works as a teacher, writer and translator, and lives in Venice with Caroline. He enjoys cooking, art, classical music and opera; and can occasionally be seen and heard singing bass with Cantori Veneziani and the Ensemble Vocale di Venezia.
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