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The Bologna Vendetta

Daniel Leicester, Book 6

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The Bologna Vendetta

By: Tom Benjamin
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Instead of escaping reality to this fantastic city, this city of phantoms, I was rushing towards it - hard fate awaited me in this soupy shade of a place...

In the oppressive heat of summer in Bologna, English detective Daniel Leicester is reliving his beloved wife Lucia's final days. Vivid memories have been awakened by the sight of her bicycle, missing since the accident that killed her, ridden by a stranger through the city's tight medieval streets.

As unfinished business bleeds - quite literally - into the present, the sickening realisation that Lucia's death wasn't accidental dawns on Daniel. He embarks on a quest for the truth, and this most personal of crusades leads him to two contrasting worlds: the secretive, ancient realm of freemasonry, and the revolutionary 'Reclaim Bologna' activist movement.

What links these two opposing factions? Is there a chance Lucia wasn't the woman Daniel believed her to be? And will the truth be too painful, or too perilous, to bear?

©2024 Tom Benjamin (P)2024 Hachette Audio UK
Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller & Suspense Italy

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A fascinating excursion to Bologna with added mystery, plus some very significant appearances by characters from Daniel Leicester's past, both dead and alive. Highly recommended! (Louise Hare)
Another brilliant addition to the Daniel Leicester series, in which yet another present-day twisty intrigue is movingly woven into a past narrative of Daniel's relationship with his late wife Lucia. Full of dazzling descriptions, fascinating cultural insights and a brilliant mystery, I loved the latest installment of the series just as much as all the others! (Philippa East)

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Very good knowledge of bologna

Followed on well from the series and tied up what went before. very enjoyable. awaiting next in series.

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Bland

This was so-so. I missed Rose and on audiobook the switching between timelines was hard to follow.

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Tedious blend of history and politics

If this had been the first of the series I would have given up half way. If I wanted the history of Bologna I would have bought one. The politics were uninteresting to someone looking for a story with character development. I absolutely hate time switching and it was annoyingly difficult within an audiobook to know what time you were hearing, about and jarred on the nerves. Please don't follow this unfortunate trend in your next book or this reader will give up on the series.

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