Venice #05: The Venetian Legacy

Venice #05: The Venetian Legacy
Philip Gwynne Jones
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Paperback
h198 x 126mm - 400pg
1 Apr 2021 UK
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9781472134295
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No happy ever after for Nathan and Federica? Newlyweds Nathan Sutherland and Federica Ravagnan are looking forward to weeks of sunshine and relaxation on the island of Pellestrina, in a cottage belonging to Federica' s late father, Elio. The weather is idyllic, the views across the lagoon are spectacular and the seafood is the best in Venice. But when the body of an eminent Venetian lawyer is dredged up by a fishing boat, members of the close-knit island community start to take an unhealthy interest in the two honeymooners, and whispers and rumours begin to circulate about Elio' s association with a recently-deceased gang boss. As Federica struggles to comes to terms with her father' s troubled legacy, Nathan finds himself dragged into the search for the missing proceeds of an unsolved jewellery heist, and the unwanted centre of attention of the Mala del Brenta - the Venetian Mafia. Clearly Pellestrina is going to be no honeymoon. . .
Praise for Philip Gwynne Jones' Superb - always gripping, beautifully constructed and vivid' Stephen Glover' Clever and great fun' The Times' Sinister and shimmering, The Venetian Game is as haunting and darkly elegant as Venice itself' L. S. Hilton, bestselling author of Maestra' The Venetian setting is vividly described. . . good, fluid writing makes for easy reading' Literary Review' Un-put-downable . . . If you love Venice, you' ll love this because you' ll be transported there in an instant. If you' ve not been to Venice, read this book and then go. If you like intrigue, and a clever plot, you' ll love this book' Amazon reviewer, 5*****
Philip Gwynne Jones was born in South Wales in 1966, and lived and worked throughout Europe before settling in Scotland in the 1990s. He first came to Italy in 1994, when he spent some time working for the European Space Agency in Frascati, a job that proved to be less exciting than he had imagined. He spent twenty years in the IT industry before realising he was congenitally unsuited to it. Furthermore, an attempt to find a secure, well-paid job with a proper pension had resulted in him finding himself in the IT department of a large Scottish bank during the global financial crisis. Something, clearly, had to change. And so it was that - following a conversation with a man in a pub - Philip and Caroline left their jobs, sold their flat and moved to Venice in search of a better, simpler future. They were wrong about the ' simpler' bit . . . Philip now works as a teacher, writer and translator, and lives in Venice with Caroline. He enjoys cooking, art, classical music and opera; and can occasionally be seen and heard singing bass with Cantori Veneziani and the Ensemble Vocale di Venezia.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781472134295
Published: 1 Apr 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Constable
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Pages: 400

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