The Girl From Venice

<p><b>Don't miss the latest book in the Arkady Renko series, </b><i><b>THE SIBERIAN DILEMMA</b></i><b> by Martin Cruz Smith, 'the master of the international thriller' (</b><i><b>New York Times</b></i><b>) - available to order now! </b><br /><br /> 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' <b>Val McDermid</b><br /><br /> 'Makes tension rise through the page like a shark's fin' <i><b>Independent</b></i></p><b>From the creator of the revered Arkady Renko series and bestselling author of <i>Gorky Park</i> comes a suspenseful World War II story set against the beauty, mystery and danger of occupied Venice.</b><br /><br /><b>Venice, 1945.</b> The war may be waning, but the city known as <i>La Serenissima </i>is still occupied and the people of Italy fear the power of the Third Reich. One night, under a canopy of stars, a fisherman named Cenzo finds a young woman's body floating in the lagoon and soon discovers that she is still alive and in trouble.<br /> Born to a wealthy Jewish family, Giulia is on the run from the Wehrmacht SS. Cenzo chooses to protect Giulia - an act of kindness that leads them into the world of Partisans, Mussolini's broken promises, and, everywhere, the enigmatic maze of the Venice Lagoon...<br /><br /><b>Praise for Martin Cruz Smith</b><br /><br /> 'The story <b>drips with atmosphere and authenticity</b> - a literary triumph' David Young, bestselling author of <i>Stasi Child </i><br /><br /> 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with <b>respect bordering on awe</b>' Val McDermid<br /><br /> 'Cleverly and intelligently told, <i>The Girl from Venice</i> is <b>a truly riveting tale of love, mystery and rampant danger</b>. I loved it' Kate Furnivall, author of <i>The Liberation</i><br /><br /> 'Smith not only constructs <b>grittily realistic </b>plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream' <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br /><br /> 'Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary' <i>Guardian</i><br /><br /> 'Brilliantly worked, <b>marvellously written</b> . . . an imaginative triumph' <i>Sunday Times</i><br /><br /> 'Martin Cruz Smith's Renko novels are <b>superb</b>' William Ryan, author of <i>The Constant Soldier</i>

Paperback / softback | 320 pages | Published September 2017