Carnival of Lies

The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author

Venice. Winter, 1539.

When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence. The deadly attack leads to bodies, bloodshed – and something far more dangerous.

The instigators obtain a secret journal of Cosimo’s thoughts and strategies that – in the wrong hands...