Carnival of Lies

D. V. Bishop

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Macmillan
26 June 2025

Historical mysteries; Historical fiction; Fiction: special features; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700

Series: Cesare Aldo series

The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author

'Full of dash and atmosphere' - The Times

Venice. Winter, 1539.

When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de' Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence. With his life, if necessary. The deadly attack which follows leads to bodies, bloodshed - and something far more dangerous.

Those behind the plot obtain a journal of the duke's, containing explosive secrets that - in the wrong hands - could destroy all of Florence. Aldo must hunt down those responsible and reclaim the journal, or face banishment from the city and everyone he loves.

The trail leads him towards the one place Aldo has sworn to never return, a city of masks and lies where he has no allies and far too many enemies: Venice.

The fate of a dynasty rests on his shoulders, if he can make it out alive . . .

Carnival of Lies is the fifth Cesare Aldo mystery by D. V. Bishop, preceded by A Divine Fury, City of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin and Ritual of Fire.

'A brilliantly entertaining historical thriller that twists and turns like the very calli and canali of Venice itself' - Philip Gwynne Jones, author of the Nathan Sutherland Venice mysteries

By: D. V. Bishop
Imprint: Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 592g
ISBN: 9781035041947
ISBN 10: 1035041944
Series: Cesare Aldo series
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 26 June 2025
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

D. V. Bishop is the pseudonym of award-winning writer David Bishop. His love for the city of Florence and the Renaissance period meant there could be only one setting for his historical thrillers. The first Cesare Aldo novel, City of Vengeance, won the Pitch Perfect competition at the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival and the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book. Book two in the series, The Darkest Sin, won the prestigious Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger. He teaches creative writing at Edinburgh Napier University.

Reviews for Carnival of Lies

Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris * Historical Novel Society * A brilliant series -- Anna Mazzola Aldo is a magnificent creation -- Vaseem Khan