The Veils of Venice

The new Urbino Macintyre Venetian mystery - Long-time Venice resident, literary biographer and reluctant amateur sleuth Urbino Macintyre is helping his friend, the Contessa Barbara, to organize an exhibition of the famous textile designer Mariano Fortuny. Then the Contessas cousin, Olimpia, is stabbed to death in a crime of passion. All clues twist back to the Contessas relatives, but it is a delicate matter; especially as it is Barbaras loyal maid, Mina, who is found kneeling beside the body clutching a pair of bloodied scissors . . .


Genre: Mystery