{"product_id":"carnival-of-lies","title":"Carnival of Lies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrime Writers' Association Historical Dagger winning author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant' – Ian Rankin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of dash and atmosphere' – \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVenice. Winter, 1539.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 that follows leads to bodies, bloodshed . . . and something far more dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fate of a dynasty rests on his shoulders – if he can make it out alive . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarnival of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth Cesare Aldo mystery by D. V. Bishop, preceded by\u003ci\u003e A Divine Fury, City of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Ritual of Fire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263422517592,"sku":"9781035041947","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035041947.jpg?v=1777882531","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/carnival-of-lies","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}