The Darkest Sin

by Bishop, D. V. | Fiction & related items
Published 02/03/2023 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom as part of the Cesare Aldo series series
Paperback | 448 pages
197 x 131 x 30mm | 316g

Set in Renaissance Florence, The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop and is the sequel to City of Vengeance. Shortlisted for the prestigious CWA Historical Dagger.

'He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris . . . Highly recommended' - Historical Novel SocietyFlorence. Spring, 1537.

When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city's northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets.

When a man's body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times, the case becomes even more complicated. Unthinkable as it seems, all the evidence suggests one of the nuns must be the killer.

Meanwhile, Constable Carlo Strocchi finds human remains pulled from the River Arno that belong to an officer of the law missing since winter. The dead man had many enemies, but who would dare kill an official of the city's most feared criminal court?As Aldo and Strocchi close in on the truth, identifying the killers will prove more treacherous than either of them could ever have imagined . . .