Carnival of Lies (Cesare Aldo Series #5)

Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger winning author

'Brilliant' – Ian Rankin

'Full of dash and atmosphere' – The Times

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 – with his life, if necessary. The deadly attack that follows leads to bodies, bloodshed . . . and something far more dangerous.

Those behind the plot obtain a journal of the duke’s containing explosive secrets that – in the wr...