Book description
A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR, SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW AND THE SEA
Winter 1899, and strange things are afoot. As…
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1 author picked Venetian Vespers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It is 1899 and a conceited narrator Evelyn Dolman has recently married Laura a beautiful, younger and rich woman. From the beginning we know that trouble is brewing with Laura's indifference. On their honeymoon in Venice, Evelyn meets and becomes obsessed with Francesca whose brother claims to have been at school with Evelyn. The brother and sister bring Evelyn into a detective story plot following the disappearance of Laura who the police imagine to be murdered by Evelyn. Heavily influenced by Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel, Venetian Vespers keeps the reader guessing right until the end.
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