Anna Milne is in a passionless relationship, on the cusp of forty, and suddenly unemployed after twenty years as an investigative journalist. Deciding to cut all ties with her old life, she travels to Venice in the hope of writing a novel.But the thriller she’s been plotting is put on hold when she meets Vincente Cornaro, a charming Italian count whose attention both flatters and unnerves her. She senses there is something dark lurking behind his elegant facade—a suspicion that is confirmed when their brief affair comes to an abrupt and shocking end. When Vincente confesses to a terrible crime in his past, Anna is inclined to believe him—but even her background hasn’t prepared her for the truth that is finally uncovered.Set among the canals and narrow alleys of Venice, Stephen Glover’s eerie mystery evokes a city of love and deception in which it can be as easy to lose your heart as it is to lose your life.
Anna Milne is in a passionless relationship, on the cusp of forty, and suddenly unemployed after twenty years as an investigative journalist. Deciding to cut all ties with her old life, she travels to Venice in the hope of writing a novel.But the thriller she’s been plotting is put on hold when she meets Vincente Cornaro, a charming Italian count whose attention both flatters and unnerves her. She senses there is something dark lurking behind his elegant facade—a suspicion that is confirmed when their brief affair comes to an abrupt and shocking end. When Vincente confesses to a terrible crime in his past, Anna is inclined to believe him—but even her background hasn’t prepared her for the truth that is finally uncovered.Set among the canals and narrow alleys of Venice, Stephen Glover’s eerie mystery evokes a city of love and deception in which it can be as easy to lose your heart as it is to lose your life.