A Life Lost

Author(s): Holley Martlew

Location(s): Athens, Istanbul (Constantinople), Venice

Genre(s): Mystery, Romance

Era(s): Contemporary looking back

A thrilling historical novel spanning Venice, Athens and Istanbul, featuring a passionate love affair, a priceless secret buried for centuries and a mystery that could destroy everything.

When an English writer meets the fifth-generation owner of a glass foundry in Murano and they fall in love, their worlds explode.

Business and pleasure take them to Athens, the Greek islands and Istanbul. But when a shocking sequence of events leads to the discovery of a cache of priceless glittering medieval mosaics events take a murderous turn.

A Life Lost is a passionate romance, a mysterious detective story and an action-packed thriller. Fans of Donna Leon, Dan Brown, and Kate Mosse will be captivated by this literary thriller filled with art, passion, and ancient secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Author Dr Holley Martlew is an archaeologist and historian with a Ph.D. in Classics and Archaeology from the University of Bristol. A specialist in Greek prehistory and a Byzantinist, she has published extensively on the Greek Bronze Age.

A Life Lost is her first historical novel while The Most Serene Republic of Venice and The Byzantine Empire is both a companion book to the novel and a historical exploration in its own right. Rich, deep, and absorbing, the books form a fascinating mix of pure history and historical fantasy.

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