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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. Carnival of Lies is the fifth Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin, Ritual of Fire and A Divine Fury.
I have very much enjoyed this series to date, and this one takes Aldo out of his beloved Florence and dumps him in Venice during Carnivale -- James Oswald, author of <i>For Our Sins</i> A brilliantly entertaining historical thriller that twists and turns like the very calli and canali of Venice itself - I had no idea where it was going! A very, very clever ending and a hell of a cliffhanger! -- Philip Gwynne Jones, author of the Nathan Sutherland Venice mysteries I was privileged to have an early read of this. It’s brilliant -- Ian Rankin, bestselling author of <i>Midnight and Blue</i> Carnival of Lies is an absolute scorcher. A swashbuckling masterpiece, laced with intrigue, treachery and unexpected tenderness -- Orlando Murrin, author of <i>Knife Skills For Beginners</i> and <i>Murder Below Deck</i> A brilliant series -- Anna Mazzola, author of <i>The Book of Secrets</i> Aldo is a magnificent creation -- Vaseem Khan, author of <i>City of Destruction</i> Bishop brings the Machiavellian machinations of Renaissance Florence and Venice magnificently to life, as Aldo encounters ruthless politicians, a deadly femme fatale and an old flame. You can feel the damp of the canals rising from the prose -- Douglas Skelton, author of the Company of Rogues series I loved the story, in particular the Venice setting and the Contessa! What an excellent sparring partner for Aldo -- Lin Anderson, author of <i>The Party House</i> and the Rhona MacLeod mysteries David Bishop is a gifted writer of historical crime. Carnival of Lies is an immersive, fascinating journey through Renaissance Venice. The city is so vividly drawn, it almost becomes a character within the story -- Kate Rhodes, author of the bestselling Isles of Scilly Mysteries A very exciting read, great plot with tension maintained right up until the end. The Contessa was truly superb, and so was Venice. The picture of a treacherous, dark bureaucracy grinding along behind the masks and parties was quite chilling -- Fiona Forsyth, author of the Lucius Sestius mysteries An absolutely astounding book. [David is] so skilled at bringing [his] characters to life -- Joanne Wallace, bestselling author of <i>You’d Look Better as a Ghost</i> Atmospheric . . . Aldo, as irreverent and maverick as always, is a colourful guide to the steamier side of Florence -- <i>The Times</i> on <i>A Divine Fury</i>
