{"product_id":"9781035041947","title":"Carnival of Lies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: D.V. Bishop\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical mysteries\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 June 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Cesare Aldo series' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e240 x 160 x 35mm | 594g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author'Brilliant' – Ian Rankin'Full of dash and atmosphere' – The TimesVenice. Winter, 1539.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence – with his life, if necessary. The deadly attack that follows leads to bodies, bloodshed . . . and something far more dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose behind the plot obtain a journal of the duke’s containing explosive secrets that – in the wrong hands – could destroy all of Florence. Aldo must hunt down those responsible and reclaim the journal, or face banishment from the city and everyone he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trail leads him towards the one place Aldo has sworn to never return, a city of masks and lies where he has no allies and far too many enemies: Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fate of a dynasty rests on his shoulders – if he can make it out alive . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarnival of Lies is the fifth Cesare Aldo mystery by D. V. Bishop, preceded by A Divine Fury, City of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin and Ritual of Fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliantly entertaining historical thriller that twists and turns like the very calli and canali of Venice itself' – Philip Gwynne Jones, author of the Nathan Sutherland Venice mysteries\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D.V. Bishop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64837694030173,"sku":"9781035041947","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781035041947.jpg?v=1780053066","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781035041947","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}