Death on the Grand Canal
An Intrepid Traveler Mystery
by M. A. Monnin
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Pub Date May 18 2023 | Archive Date Aug 25 2023
Level Best Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
Having discovered a knack for investigation, Stefanie joins Thomas Burkhardt in Milan, Italy, on the Black Market trail of a fabulous sapphire and emerald encrusted pendant known as the Borgia Peacock, missing since it was stolen from the Milan World Expo of 1906.
Undercover as a wealthy heiress, Stefanie has no doubt she’ll convince the current owner, Contessa Giuliana Bergamo, to sell to her. But when she shows up at the Contessa’s crumbling Venetian palazzo to clinch the deal, it isn’t only the glittering gemstones that have Stefanie seeing blue. Others are there vying for the Peacock, including Europe’s most notorious jewel fence. In the cut-throat competition, one of the would-be buyers is murdered.
Caught up in murder, with their cover identities and their lives on the line, Stefanie and Thomas dig for the truth and the Peacock while trying to avoid discovery themselves. Then she learns Thomas is keeping secrets of his own, secrets that threaten their happiness, and Stefanie wonders if this Borgia Peacock affair is one opportunity she shouldn’t have embraced.
A Note From the Publisher
eBook: 9781685123659
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781685123642 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 307 |
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Featured Reviews
Jan T, Reviewer
Interpol, art-theft, blogger, international-crime-and-mystery, interpersonal-problems, murder, secrets, second-career, lies, Italy, wealthy, intrigue, jewelry-artist, historical-research, historical-jewelry/artifact*****
Stefanie Adams is a former private banker, frustrated archaeologist, has no law enforcement training, recently became a travel blogger, and is on her first official job alongside the multilingual Interpol agent, Thomas Burkhardt, with whom she became involved both romantically and in an investigation while on vacation on Crete. While it is a stretch for me that Interpol would involve her without any training, it does work well in this story (second in series) and is reminiscent of the much older Mrs. Pollifax of the CIA in the 1960s. The other thing that predisposes me to a better review is the kindness the author shows in details like the unaided visual differences in man made vs natural gemstones as well as the differences in sparkle vs glow in the cutting process, and even the little travel blogger tips like noting that the Vaparetto is a bus as opposed to the Water Taxis in Venice.
The Borgia Peacock was originally stolen in 1906 at the Milan International Expo and has only recently emerged for sale on the clandestine market. Stefanie and Thomas have been authorized to purchase it but there is also the option of stealing it. An informant dies in a suspicious manner and that intensifies matters! The investigation is well done, the travelogue makes things even better, the characters are all so realistic and engaging, the plot twists are inventive, and the herrings are decidedly red (teeheehee). Loved it!
I requested and received an EARC from Level Best Books/Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)/Members' Titles via NetGalley. Thank you!
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