{"product_id":"carnival-of-lies-9781035041947","title":"Carnival of Lies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVenice. Winter, 1539. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe instigators obtain a secret journal of Cosimo's thoughts and strategies that - in the wrong hands - could destroy all of Florence. Aldo must hunt down those responsible and reclaim the journal, or face banishment from the city and everyone he loves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe trail leads him inexorably towards the one place Aldo has sworn to never return, a city of masks and lies where he has no allies and far too many enemies: Venice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarnival of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth Cesare Aldo mystery by D. V. Bishop, preceded by\u003ci\u003e A Divine Fury, City of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin and Ritual of Fire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBishop, D. V.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - D. V. Bishop is the pseudonym of award-winning writer David Bishop. His love for the city of Florence and the Renaissance period meant there could be only one setting for his historical thrillers. The first Cesare Aldo novel, \u003ci\u003eCity of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pitch Perfect competition at the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival and the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book. Book two in the series, \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, won the prestigious Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger. He teaches creative writing at Edinburgh Napier University.","brand":"MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580102181138,"sku":"9781035041947","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c74e21c3-21d2-46f4-9ed0-2870e68d12aa.jpg?v=1756205251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/carnival-of-lies-9781035041947","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}