{"product_id":"9781035041961","title":"Carnival of Lies","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2025 McIlvanney Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn atmospheric and evocative historical thriller set against the backdrop of the Medici dynasty in 1530s Renaissance Italy from CWA Historical Dagger-winning author D. V. Bishop.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe fate of a dynasty rests on his shoulders, if he can make it out alive...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVenice. Winter, 1539.\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose behind the plot obtain a journal of the duke's which contains 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarnival of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth \u003ci\u003eCesare Aldo\u003c\/i\u003e mystery, preceded by \u003ci\u003eCity of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin, Ritual of Fire,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Divine Fury.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"D. V. Bishop","offers":[{"title":"Pan Macmillan |  Paperback \/ softback | B-format paperback |  2026-03-17","offer_id":47350572286207,"sku":"9781035041961","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_39588bf9-a9c5-4d5d-a812-f357d7ea173f.jpg?v=1760457105","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781035041961","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}