City of Vengeance

<p><b><i>City of Vengeance</i> is an explosive debut novel by D. V. Bishop set in Renaissance Florence, the first in a historical thriller series which continues with <i>The Darkest Sin,</i> winner of the CWA Historical Dagger Award.</b><br><br><b>'He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' &ndash; Historical Novel Society</b><br><br><b>Florence. Winter, 1536.</b> A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth.<br><br>Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city&rsquo;s most feared criminal court, is given four days to solve the murder: catch the killer before the feast of Epiphany &ndash; or suffer the consequences.<br><br>During his investigations Aldo uncovers a plot to overthrow the volatile ruler of Florence, Alessandro