D. V. Bishop

D. V. Bishop is the pen name of a New Zealand-born, UK-based author of award-winning historical crime fiction set in Renaissance Italy. His Cesare Aldo series follows an officer of the night court in sixteenth-century Florence, navigating a world of political intrigue, religious power, and personal danger while concealing his own secret identity. The series has earned extraordinary critical recognition: City of Vengeance won the New Zealand Booklovers Award, The Darkest Sin won the CWA Historical Dagger, Ritual of Fire won the Ngaio Marsh Award, and A Divine Fury was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize and the CWA Gold Dagger. Carnival of Lies, the fifth book, takes Aldo to Venice during Carnival to recover a stolen journal containing explosive secrets, and was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Bishop's writing combines meticulous historical research with page-turning thriller plotting and a protagonist whose vulnerability makes the danger feel real. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers thrilling, beautifully researched historical crime fiction set in one of history's most fascinating and dangerous cities.