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It’s 1358 and young Oswald de Lacy has fled England for Venice. When he finds a dead man on the night of the carnival, he is dragged into a murder investigation that takes him deep into the intrigues of this mysterious, paranoid city.  Published July 2017

“A brilliant addition to the Somershill Manor novels.”
Booklist Magazine

SD Sykes “again blends a detailed immersion in the time period with a clever mystery plot line.”

Publishers Weekly