I’m please to say I am part of the Bookouture-Books-on Tour for A Death in Venice by Verity Bright. Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the gifted ebook to write my honest review.
Stunning views across the Grand Canal and a hotel suite fit for royalty… Lady Eleanor Swift is having a jolly good time on her Italian vacation, until a gondola ride is cut murderously short!
1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has been on a grand tour around Italy for a month with her butler Clifford. Finally arriving in Venice, she’s thrilled to be attending the famous carnival: all that’s needed is the perfect bejewelled costume for her faithful bulldog, Gladstone. But on her first gondola ride to take in the sights, a passenger collapses into the canal with a knife sticking out of his back.
Eleanor saw an argument break out between the gondolier and the victim, Councillor Benetto Vendelini, and it turns out they’re rivals from the city’s two great families. Vendelini’s murder is sure to reignite their centuries-long feud. While attending a glitzy ball that night, Eleanor learns of a plot to steal a precious family heirloom from the Vendelini household. Is the stolen item the key to solving this baffling murder?
In this floating city of tiny winding alleyways, Eleanor traces the missing heirloom to an antiques dealer in a far-flung corner of town. But when her handbag is snatched by a cloaked thief, she realises the murderer is dangerously close. Can Eleanor unmask this most cunning of killers, before she joins the other victim at the bottom of the Grand Canal?
An utterly gripping historical murder mystery set in Italy, full of intrigue and charming characters. Fans of T.E. Kinsey, Agatha Christie and Catherine Coles will be totally hooked by A Death in Venice!
My Review
I have read various books from this series and can say that they are fine as standalones. Seventeen books in and still as good as the earlier books in the series. This takes some skill! Verity Bright has that skill in spades.
Set in Venice in the 1920s, Eleanor and Clifford witness a murder from their gondola. It doesn’t take too long for Eleanor to be up to her eyes in the mystery, again!
I thoroughly enjoyed feeling like I was alongside everyone again. Vivid descriptions of Venice made me feel like I was armchair travelling again. The characters all bring their own unique additions to the story. I have always appreciated the humour that runs through the story. It injects lightness into every book in the series.
I never get tired of Verity Bright’s Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries and will be attempting to read more of the others until another book is published. A Death In Venice is a great addition to the series.
Author Bio
Verity Bright is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing partnership that has spanned a quarter of a century. Starting out writing high-end travel articles and books, they published everything from self-improvement to humour, before embarking on their first historical mystery. They are the authors of the fabulous Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series, set in the 1920s.
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Thanks so much for the review, Sharon. Glad you enjoyed it.
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