The Medici Murders
- 4 May 2023
- 9781838858582
- £9.99
- 288 pp
- 129×198mm
- 4 May 2023
- 9781838858599
- £5.59
- 288 pp
In a few words
Master storyteller David Hewson launches a major new series featuring retired archivist Arnold Clover
In a few words
Master storyteller David Hewson launches a major new series featuring retired archivist Arnold Clover
A winning combination of research, make-believe and mouthwatering cuisine. Fans of Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti, Michael Dibdin’s Aurelio Zen and Henry James’s The Aspern Papers will love it
Serious history buffs are in for a treat
A winning combination of research, make-believe and mouthwatering cuisine. Fans of Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti, Michael Dibdin’s Aurelio Zen and Henry James’s The Aspern Papers will love it
Praise for David Hewson:
"Hewson’s inventiveness never flags"
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Venice is a city full of secrets. For hundreds of years it has been the scene of scandal, intrigue and murderous rivalries. And it remains so today.
1548, Lorenzino de Medici, himself a murderer and a man few will miss, is assassinated by two hired killers.
Today, Marmaduke Godolphin, British TV historian and a man even fewer will miss, is stabbed by a stiletto blade on the exact same spot, his body dropping into the canal.
Can the story of the first murder explain the attack on Godolphin? The Carabinieri certainly think so. They recruit retired archivist Arnold Clover to unpick the mystery and to help solve the case. But the conspiracy against Godolphin runs deeper than anyone imagined.
More about
the book
Venice is a city full of secrets. For hundreds of years it has been the scene of scandal, intrigue and murderous rivalries. And it remains so today.
1548, Lorenzino de Medici, himself a murderer and a man few will miss, is assassinated by two hired killers.
Today, Marmaduke Godolphin, British TV historian and a man even fewer will miss, is stabbed by a stiletto blade on the exact same spot, his body dropping into the canal.
Can the story of the first murder explain the attack on Godolphin? The Carabinieri certainly think so. They recruit retired archivist Arnold Clover to unpick the mystery and to help solve the case. But the conspiracy against Godolphin runs deeper than anyone imagined.
Hewson educates and entertains in equal measure
[A] character-rich, history-drenched reading experience
An elaborately detailed historical series, heavy with Venetian atmosphere
Praise for David Hewson:
"Hewson’s inventiveness never flags"
Praise for David Hewson:
Hewson keeps the reader guessing . . . Relentlessly tightening the suspense until the end
Masterful impassioned writing
Richard Armitage
Hewson does more than provide a thrilling read. He saves you the airfare to Italy. When you turn the last page, you’ll think you’ve been there
Linwood Barclay
Hewson . . . effortlessly keeps thrills coming a mile a minute
Jeffery Deaver
David Hewson
View profileDavid Hewson is a former journalist with The Times, Sunday Times and Independent. He is the author of more than twenty-five novels, including his Rome-based Nic Costa series which has been published in fifteen languages, and his Amsterdam-based series featuring detective Pieter Vos. He has also written three acclaimed adaptations of the Danish TV series, The Killing. He lives near Canterbury in Kent.
@david_hewson | davidhewson.com
David Hewson
View profileDavid Hewson is a former journalist with The Times, Sunday Times and Independent. He is the author of more than twenty-five novels, including his Rome-based Nic Costa series which has been published in fifteen languages, and his Amsterdam-based series featuring detective Pieter Vos. He has also written three acclaimed adaptations of the Danish TV series, The Killing. He lives near Canterbury in Kent.
@david_hewson | davidhewson.com
