Vengeance in Venice
- Author Philip Gwynne Jones
- Narrator Tim Bruce
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Run Time 8 hours and 34 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction.
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What to expect
An invitation to an exclusive event during the Venetian Biennale gives Honorary Consul Nathan Sutherland the perfect chance to drink prosecco in the sunshine and meet some of the greats of the art world.
And then a world-famous critic is decapitated by one of the installations in the British Pavilion. A terrible accident, it seems, until a postcard is discovered in the victim's pocket: an image of Judith beheading Holofernes.
But this is not just a one-off. Before long, three more postcards have been sent out with deadly results. As the bodies pile up, Nathan finds himself getting closer and closer to the truth, but when he himself receives an image of Death bearing a scythe, it becomes a race against time to save his own life . . .
Critics Review
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Sinister and shimmering, The Venetian Game is as haunting and darkly elegant as Venice itself
L.S. Hilton, bestselling author of Maestra -
…a playful novel, recounted by a witty and engaging narrator … as Venetian as a painting by Bellini (or a glass of Bellini). Oh, and it’s also an unputdownable thriller
Gregory Dowling, author of Ascension on The Venetian Game -
A crime book for people with sophisticated tastes: Venice, opera, renaissance art, good food and wine… I enjoyed all that and more
The Crime Warp -
It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice… art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an almost surreal climax
Daily Mail on The Venetian Game -
The Venetian setting is vividly described and Gwynne Jones’s good, fluent writing makes for easy reading
Literary Review -
a civilized, knowledgeable, charming antidote to the darker reaches of the genre, full of entertaining descriptions of the city… Lovely. Makes you want to book a flight to Venice straight away
N J Cooper, Bookoxygen.com
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