"Bologna Vendetta" - "" ("Benjamin Tom")(Paperback / softback)

''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---------------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?---------------Crime Writers'' Association May 2025 Read of the Month!---------------Readers and reviewers are loving The Bologna Vendetta:''A galloping and topical read'' - The Florentine''Evocative, easy to read, and immersive... Old and new mysteries come together in a satisfying, and movin
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