City of Vengeance

Author: Bishop, D. V.

Italy

Published on 6 January 2022 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Cesare Aldo series' series.

Paperback | 432 pages
196 x 129 x 21 | 306g

Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and longlisted for the CWA Gold DaggerCity of Vengeance is an explosive debut novel by D. V. Bishop set in Renaissance Florence, the first in a historical thriller series which continues with The Darkest Sin.

'A first-class historical thriller . . . Bishop's spirited and richly detailed story is a tour-de-force' - David BaldacciFlorence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth.

Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city's most feared criminal court, is given four days to solve the murder: catch the killer before the feast of Epiphany - or suffer the consequences.

During his investigations Aldo uncovers a plot to overthrow the volatile ruler of Florence, Alessandro de' Medici. If the Duke falls, it will endanger the whole city. But a rival officer of the court is determined to expose details about Aldo's private life that could lead to his ruin. Can Aldo stop the conspiracy before anyone else dies, or will his own secrets destroy him first?'An impressive and immersive debut set in a beautifully realized sixteenth-century Florence' - Antonia Hodgson, author of The Devil in Marshalsea'Richly atmospheric . . . transports you to another time and place' - Ambrose Parry, author of The Way of All Flesh