The Flood

By David Hewson

Book Overview

A dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his powers. Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church fresco of Adam and Eve brings together an unlikely couple: Julia Wellbeloved, an English art student, and Pino Fratelli, a semi-retired detective who longs to be back in the field. Their investigation leads them to the secret society that underpins the city: an elite underworld of excess, violence and desire. Seeped in the culture of Tuscany's most mysterious city, The Flood takes the reader on a dazzling journey into the darkness in Florence's past: the night of the great flood in 1966 ... Readers of Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin or Italian authors Andrea Camilleri and Carlo Lucarelli will find this gripping" Library Journal

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0727885251
• ISBN13: 9780727885258
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Severn House
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"