{"product_id":"9781529096507","title":"Ritual of Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 McIlvanney Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thrilling and atmospheric new historical crime novel, set during a scorching Italian summer in 1530s Renaissance Florence, by award-winner D. V. Bishop. \u003ci\u003eRitual of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is the third book in the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eCesare Aldo\u003c\/i\u003e series, following \u003ci\u003eCity of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Sin,\u003c\/i\u003e winner of the 2023 CWA Historical Dagger Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlorence, 1538. A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city's main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk's regime of holy terror?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the ritual killing. When another merchant is burned alive in public, the rich start fleeing to their country estates. But the Tuscan hills can also be dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing religious fervour and a scorching heatwave drives the city ever closer to madness, while someone is stalking powerful men who forged lifelong bonds in the dark days of Savonarola.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnless Aldo and Strocchi work together, all of Florence will be consumed by an inferno of death and destruction.","brand":"D. V. Bishop","offers":[{"title":"Pan Macmillan |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-04-16","offer_id":44414012752127,"sku":"9781529096507","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_77727e09-3188-4b73-8da5-3d47653da164.jpg?v=1700682755","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781529096507","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}