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Palazzo

Palazzo
  • Author(s): Danielle Steel
  • Location(s): Italy, Rome, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family’s haute couture Italian leather brand. While navigating the challenges of running a company at twenty-three, Cosima must also maintain the elegant four-hundred-year-old family palazzo...

Postcards from San Michele

Postcards from San Michele
  • Author(s): Alan Gorevan
  • Location(s): Dublin, Venice
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Jennie Walsh has done her best to ignore her husband’s criminal activities. But when he murders two men, she can no longer turn a blind eye. She’s on holiday in Venice when a gangland war erupts back home –...

Ravenscourt

Ravenscourt
  • Author(s): Samantha Ward-Smith
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 19TH Century

Venice, 1880. Alexander, Viscount Dundarran, seeks refuge from scandal amidst the fading grandeur of crumbling palazzos during the infamous Carnival in the city. There he encounters the enigmatic Lady Arabella Pembrook—a young, beautiful widow. Both are scarred by their...

Reflections in the Water

Reflections in the Water
  • Author(s): Silvano Stagni
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Cozy Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

Venice, 1921. Rachele Modiano Mendes faces the daunting challenge of being a married woman practising law. Her first civil case turns into a web of fraud, blackmail, and murder. Faced with the doubts of the court and the police,...

Shooter in the Shadows

Shooter in the Shadows
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tom Honeyman made his name cracking a horrific double murder in his hometown of Prosper, New York. He got an international best seller out of it, made a small fortune, and left his newspaper reporting days behind. But was...

Shylock’s Daughter

Shylock’s Daughter
  • Author(s): A J Griffiths-Jones, Erica Jong
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Modern/16th Century

A glamorous Hollywood film star, Jessica Pruitt fears the best days of her career are behind her. Arriving in Italy soon after losing custody of her young daughter, she hopes to forget her woes by serving as a judge...

So Shall You Reap

So Shall You Reap
  • Author(s): Donna Leon
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice’s canals. The body is soon...

Stravaganza: City of Masks

Stravaganza: City of Masks
  • Author(s): Mary Hoffman
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 16th Century

TAKE NO MORE

TAKE NO MORE
  • Author(s): Seb Kirkby
  • Location(s): Florence, London, Venice
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

‘An artistic voyage in crime – thrilling and original’ Julia Blake is a conservator, working with classic art. Her expertise includes imaging beneath the surface of paintings to discover what lies beneath. She is sure that a number of...

That Night

That Night
  • Author(s): Gillian McAllister
  • Location(s): Veneto, West Midlands
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What would you do to protect your family? ANYTHING. During a family holiday in Italy, you get an urgent call from your sister. There’s been an accident: she hit a man with her car and he’s dead. She asks...

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