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The Echoes of Love

The Echoes of Love
  • Author(s): Hannah Fielding
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Venice
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Echoes of Love is a beautiful, poignant story of lost love and betrayal, unleashed passion and learning to love again, whatever the price. Venetia Aston-Montague has escaped to Italy’s most captivating city to work in her godmother s...

The Gondola Maker

The Gondola Maker
  • Author(s): Laura Morelli
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th Century

2014 IPPY Award for Best Adult Fiction E-book Finalist for the da Vinci Eye Prize From the author of Made in Italy comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world’s most magnificent...

The Instrumentalist

The Instrumentalist
  • Author(s): Harriet Constable
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Music
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Anna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her ambition, and her talent. Her best hope lies in her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi. Soon she is his star pupil. But as Anna Maria’s star rises,...

The Lover of No Fixed Abode

The Lover of No Fixed Abode
  • Author(s): Carlo Frutterro, Franco Lucentini, Gregory Dowling (translator)
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): 1980s

It begins with a troubling encounter on a flight to Venice. She is a Roman aristocrat and art dealer on the search for undervalued paintings and he a mysterious tour guide. She is invited to cosmopolitan parties by Venetian...

The Measure

The Measure
  • Author(s): Nikki Erlick
  • Location(s): United States (USA), Venice, Verona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern day

‘COMPELLING AND HEART-BREAKING’ Bridget Collins, bestselling author of The Binding ‘ONE OF THE MOST LIFE-AFFIRMING NOVELS I’VE READ IN A LONG WHILE’ CHRISTINA DALCHER, bestselling author of Vox Your fate arrives in a box on your doorstep. Do you...

The Venetian Game

The Venetian Game
  • Author(s): Philip Gwynne Jones
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From his office on the Street of the Assassins, Nathan Sutherland, English Honorary Consul to Venice, assists unfortunate tourists as best he can. A steady but unexciting life that dramatically changes when he is offered a large sum of...

The Venetian Masquerade

The Venetian Masquerade
  • Author(s): Philip Gwynne Jones
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Carnevale is in full swing, the streets and waterways of Venice are crowded with masked revellers and Nathan Sutherland’s birthday is about to be ruined. A night at the opera at La Fenice is always a memorable experience –...

Vaporetto 13

Vaporetto 13
  • Author(s): Robert Girardi
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

Jack Squire is a successful currency trader on business in Venice. Haunted by recent events in his life, he takes to walking the streets at midnight. He meets the ethereal Caterina, a woman who seems to bear the sadness...

Venetian Blood: Murder in a Sensuous City

Venetian Blood: Murder in a Sensuous City
  • Author(s): Christine Evelyn Volker
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1992

Struggling to forget a crumbling marriage, Anna Lucia Lottol comes to Venice to visit an old friend, but instead of finding solace, she is dragged into a police station and accused of murdering a money-laundering count with whom she...

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
  • Author(s): Geoff Dyer
  • Location(s): Varanasi, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

This book is in 2 parts – the first part is set during the Biennale, journalist Jeff drinks and snorts his way in and out of social events, and has a short affair with Laura, an American gallery director....

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