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In an ancient burial ground on an island off Venice, a young woman' s casket is pried open, an object is wrenched from her hands, and an extraordinary adventure begins. From the moment he arrives in Venice, Daniel Forster is seduced by the city' s mystery and eroticism. An earnest young academic, Daniel has come for a summer job cataloguing a private collector' s library. But when Daniel' s employer sends him to buy a stolen violin from a petty thief, a chain reaction of violence and deception ignites. Suddenly Daniel is drawn into a police investigation-- and a tempest swirling around a beautiful woman, a mysterious palazzo, and a lost musical masterpiece dating back centuries. With each step he takes, Daniel unwittingly retraces a journey that began in 1733, when another young man came to Venice. And when, in this realm of intrigue and beauty, two lovers came face-to-face with a killer-- and a mystery was born. Separated by centuries, two tales of passion, betrayal, and danger collide in David Hewson' s dazzling novel. Sweeping us from the intrigue of Vivaldi' s Venice to the gritty world of a modern cop, from the genius of a prodigy to the greed of a killer, Lucifer' s Shadow builds to a shattering crescendo-- and one last, breathtaking surprise. "From the Hardcover edition."
Acquisto del libro
Lucifer's Shadow, David Hewson
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2001
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- Titolo
- Lucifer's Shadow
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- David Hewson
- Editore
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Pubblicato
- 2001
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 408
- ISBN10
- 0007119178
- ISBN13
- 9780007119172
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Gialli & Thriller, Prosa storica, Thriller, Giallo classico, Europa Meridionale, Italia
- Valutazione
- 3,35 su 5
- Descrizione
- In an ancient burial ground on an island off Venice, a young woman' s casket is pried open, an object is wrenched from her hands, and an extraordinary adventure begins. From the moment he arrives in Venice, Daniel Forster is seduced by the city' s mystery and eroticism. An earnest young academic, Daniel has come for a summer job cataloguing a private collector' s library. But when Daniel' s employer sends him to buy a stolen violin from a petty thief, a chain reaction of violence and deception ignites. Suddenly Daniel is drawn into a police investigation-- and a tempest swirling around a beautiful woman, a mysterious palazzo, and a lost musical masterpiece dating back centuries. With each step he takes, Daniel unwittingly retraces a journey that began in 1733, when another young man came to Venice. And when, in this realm of intrigue and beauty, two lovers came face-to-face with a killer-- and a mystery was born. Separated by centuries, two tales of passion, betrayal, and danger collide in David Hewson' s dazzling novel. Sweeping us from the intrigue of Vivaldi' s Venice to the gritty world of a modern cop, from the genius of a prodigy to the greed of a killer, Lucifer' s Shadow builds to a shattering crescendo-- and one last, breathtaking surprise. "From the Hardcover edition."