The Darkest Sin
Book description
'Pretty much everything I want in an historical thriller - an absolutely terrific read' Philip Gwynne Jones
'A great insight into Renaissance Florence. What I love about these books is the seamless weaving of factual history with a great story' Abir Mukherjee
Florence. Spring, 1537.
When Cesare Aldo investigates a…
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1 author picked The Darkest Sin as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I never start a series in the middle except by mistake – but fortunately, though I soon realised that I needed to go back and read the first book, it did not stop me devouring this to the end.
Sixteenth-century Florence is alive and kicking – usually kicking – and the range of characters is fascinating without being confusing. For me, the best characters were the nuns in the convent - it is good to see nuns treated as people!
The author used the of the convent enclosed space to make the horror and violence all the more startling. An…
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