Book description
Life was never black and white in Italy . . . Something about the place
both disturbed and interested him. Venice reminded him of a bad yet
familiar relative, dangerous to know, difficult to let go. As their
exile in Venice draws to a close, Roman detectives Nic Costa and Gianni
Peroni are ordered to investigate an apparently open-and-shut case, a
fire in a glass foundry that has claimed two lives, so all they want is
to wrap it up quickly. However, as they dig more deeply into the insular
glass-making community on Murano and the strange Arcangeli family,
things don't quite add up. With increasing pressure from above to finish
quickly, events spiral quickly out of control - with devastating
consequences . . . 'You have a treat in store . . . Superb' Toronto
Globe & Mail 'Very enjoyable Italian mysteries . . . cleverly worked
out and sharply written' Literary Review
David Hewson was born in Yorkshire in 1953. He was a journalist from
the age of seventeen, working most recently for The Sunday Times. He
has also written several novels, as well as a number of travel books.
Following A Season for the Dead, The Villa of Mysteries and The Sacred
Cut, The Lizard's Bite is the fourth in his Italian crime series
featuring Detective Nic Costa. The author lives in Kent.
