After artist and sometime forger Martin Phipps sees by accident a photograph of a painting stolen from a Venice museum, two Italian thugs interrogate him at his London studio before setting it ablaze

Every Picture Tells a Story

Dowling, Gregory

Literature & Fiction

St Martins Pr

When Sir Alfred Aimslet hires January Esposito to investigate the disappearance of his son, Piers, Jan's peaceful days of teaching English in Verona come to an abrupt end. Jan learns that Piers has lately been running with a crowd suspected of being involved in a recent killing in the Italian countryside, but he can't tell whether Piers took part in this crime. Jan's search for Piers leads him to San Giorgio Veronese, a quaint village in the Veneto that has recently been troubled by racism, gas bomb explosions, and murder. In the center of this village stands a magnificent statue of St. George, and with the help of Linda Housman, a young art history student studying in the village, Jan quickly learns the legend behind it as well as the international turmoil it has created for the village's residents. Despite Jan's ingenious improvisation and his efforts at a simple, discreet investigation, he finds himself more and more tangled in a web of political ideology and drug dealing that takes the mystery fifty years into the village's past and its bitter memories of World War II.

A Nice Steady Job

When a young tour guide, Alvise Marangon, offers to help an English Grand Tourist, little does he know that it will lead to his being embroiled in blackmail and conspiracy. To add to his woes, he is then forcibly recruited into the city's powerful secret service to investigate a murder case. A reluctant spy he may be , but he is a gifted one. 
Amidst the world of gambling dens and courtesans, something momentous is being planned for the Feast of the Ascension, Venice's most important and spectacular holiday, and it seems that only Alvise can prevent the day turning into bloody mayhem.

Ascension: A Novel (Alvise Marangon Mysteries, 1)

British & Irish

Thomas Dunne Books

Named one of the Top 10 Venice-Inspired Books by Venice Insider! "[An] excellent sequel...Dowling’s lead’s wry sense of humor is a plus." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The second of two historical thrillers set in 18th century Venice, featuring a tour guide who is drafted as part of the Venetian secret service.
Tour guide Alvise Marangon thinks he knows Venice better than ever, but now finds himself ensnared by mysteries as obscure as the city and in many cases just as old. Certain that he is finally about to have his guide’s license revoked after a tavern brawl, Alvise is instead dragooned into the service of Missier Grande, who has linked the death of one of his agents to a secret society known as the Four Horsemen. Every attempt that Missier Grande makes to investigate the matter is blocked by forces on high, and enlisting Alvise is a move of last resort―one last-ditch effort to uncover the crimes of the present in the secrets of the past before the future claims more lives.
Among the dark arcades and fetid canals of 18th century Venice, Alvise is the one who finds himself led on a tour, at any turn of which could lie a fresh corpse or an ancient conspiracy.

The Four Horsemen: A Novel (Alvise Marangon Mysteries, 2)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

The Colosseum Critical Introduction to David Mason

History & Criticism

Franciscan University Press

Venice in 1749 - the city has lost its political and financial primacy but has become Europe's pleasure capital, famous for its gambling dens, its courtesans, its hectic carnival, its music, art and theatre - and the most highly organised secret service in Europe.

Ascension

Thrillers & Suspense

Polygon Books

The Four Horsemen (The Alvise Marangon Mysteries)

Polygon

English text.Venezia, 2008; paperback, pp. 96, b/w and col. ill., cm 15x21.

In Venice and in the Veneto with Lord Byron

Supernova (Venezia)

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