The Flood (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780727894236)

A dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his powers.

Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church fresco of Adam and Eve brings together an unlikely couple: Julia Wellbeloved, an English art student, and Pino Fratelli, a semi-retired detective who longs to be back in the field. Their investigation leads them to the secret society that underpins the city: an elite underworld of excess, violence and desire.

Seeped in the culture of Tuscany's most mysterious city, The Flood takes the reader on a dazzling journey into the darkness in Florence's past: the night of the great flood in 1966 ...

Readers of Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin or Italian authors Andrea Camilleri and Carlo Lucarelli will find this gripping" Library Journal

Author: David Hewson
ISBN-10: 0727894234
ISBN-13: 9780727894236
Publisher: Severn House
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2016
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.60w x 1.20d
Large Print