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- Location(s): Sussex, Venice
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 1980s
Tom Horton is The Invisible Spy in this fantasy adventure set in the 1980s. Tom is a man with a secret. Not being restricted by the constraints of gravity is just one of the secrets he has to keep....
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
As a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count’s best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under...
- Location(s): London, Venice
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Victorian Era
In the gossip-fuelled world of Victorian London, Persephone Lavelle is the name on everyone’s lips. As Mary’s secret identity is exposed and rumours fly, she flees the scandal by escaping to Venice. Lost among the twisting alleyways and shadowy...
Valpolicella Violet (Franki Amato Mysteries #7)
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Mystery, Humour
- Era(s): Contemporary
Franki Amato is in Venice to celebrate her best friend’s Christmas Eve nuptials. She’s looking forward to a relaxing break from the PI grind and a romantic gondola ride with her Casanova. But when a chef goes belly up...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Novella
- Era(s): 1933
It is the summer of 1933. Set against a backdrop of the sparkling Venetian lagoon, young and naïve Irma Lietzen, the pretty and indulged daughter of a Budapest businessman, is being taken to see the world by her parents....
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Novella, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Scottish art historian Livy arrives in Venice for a short break before picking up a cruise. The last person she expects to meet is Sebastian, the handsome half Italian, half Scottish guy she first met and fell for at...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
Venice Tales is the first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. The book encompasses a broad chronological span, beginning from the Middle Ages (Boccaccio), through to the early modern period (Sansovino), the Enlightenment (Casanova, Goldoni), to...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1899
Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . 1899. As the new century approaches, English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat. But in the midst...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Various
Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges and squares. Tiziano Scarpa wanders through the city, recounting the customs and secrets that only Venetians know. With everything from...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Historical, Travelogue
- Era(s): from 4th Century
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