Out today… The Four Deadly Seasons

The third book in my Venice mystery series is now out worldwide in print and ebook from Bloodhound Books. You can find it online and order print versions on the web and through conventional book stores.

Arnold Clover is back in his finest adventure yet. A rollicking, operatic read from a writer who both loves and understands the city. – Philip Gwynne Jones

A centuries-old score. A city built on secrets. A melody that kills.

When a mysterious music impresario is found dead in Venice—his body slumped in the hot house of a remote palazzo, a cryptic musical interval in his hand—rumours swirl around a rediscovered manuscript: the original score for The Four Seasons, penned in Vivaldi’s own hand.

But is it a masterpiece lost to time or a masterful forgery?

Arnold Clover, a reclusive British archivist seeking peace in the city on the lagoon, is reluctantly drawn into the mystery. Hired to authenticate the deadly manuscript, Arnold finds himself at the centre of a chilling conspiracy that spirals through shadowy music chambers, forgotten archives, and bloodstained Venetian alleyways.

As the seasons change, so does the tempo of the killings. With each movement of Vivaldi’s immortal work, another victim falls.

You can read more about the book here.

Here’s a short video on the real-life mystery of Antonio Vivaldi’s career which forms a backdrop to the story.