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One secret can change everything.The first installment in thriller a compulsive conspiracy, where a dangerous and intricate web of organized crime and corruption involving the Church, the CIA, NATO and Italy's war-time past threatens to reveal a secret that will re-write history.
Fireworks burst over Venice and every trattoria hums with grappa-soaked gossip in celebration of carnival. But on the steps of Santa Maria, there is a deathly hush. A body has washed up from the Grand Canal: a woman, wearing the robes of a Catholic priest - an Abomination.
Young and ambitious, this is Captain Kat Tapo's first investigation, but as the trail weaves through the murky backwaters of Venice, every lead sends frustrated Kat in a new direction.
Lieutenant Holly Boland of the US Army spent her childhood in Italy. Now, returning at last, she finds herself conscripted to investigate the murder of a female activist. A woman whose body has also been given to the sea...
Recluse, Daniele, is on trial for refusing to grant the Italian authorities access to Carnivia.com, a completely anonymous Facebook for hackers, an unregulated replica of Venice, outside the rule of law where the identities of the two dead women lie hidden in plain sight.
Trails go cold, evidence goes missing and both cases are stonewalled by officials. But Kat and Holly are determined to find the truth, no matter how far it tests their loyalties 'ยฆ
The first installment in a captivating / lethal conspiracy thriller, where a dangerous and intricate web of organized crime and corruption involving the Church, the CIA, NATO and Italy's war-time past threatens to reveal a secret that will re-write history.
For all fans of Stieg Larsson and Dan Brown. ISBN:9781781853696