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At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943. A Times Best Thriller Book of 2022 The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has secrets he's waited his whole life to share. When a Jewish classmate is attacked by bullies, Nico just watches - earning him a week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says. A secret he must keep from his father. A tale of blood and madness . . . Nico is transported back to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city seething under its Nazi overlords, and to the defining moment of his grandfather's life: when Paolo's support for a murdered Jewish woman brings him into the sights of the city's underground resistance. Hooked and unsettled, Nico can't stop reading - but he soon wonders if he ever knew his beloved grandfather at all.

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Hewson expertly balances tense action and thoughtful emotion. Fans of character-driven WWII thrillers will want to check this out * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> * THE GARDEN OF ANGELS is a unique achievement: a thriller that is a pageturner, yet is also evocative and haunting. Hewson writes with both power and grace and is a true master of his craft. This is a book that stays with you long after you have finished reading * <b>Craig Russell</b>, international bestselling author * Many of Hewson's books have been set in Italy, but this one-off set mostly in German WW2-occupied Venice must surely rank amongst his best ... With a gallery of wonderful characters on both sides of the fence and never flinching from the atrocities committed by all parties, this is a gripping and wonderfully written tale of pathos and heroism with a wonderful final twist that raises the book to a whole other level * <b>Maxim Jakubowski</b>, <b>Crime Time</b> * Full of layers, like a Russian nesting doll . A good read for those who love their World War II thrillers with a bit of history included. Followers of Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti mysteries may appreciate the atmosphere and the intrigue * <b>Library Journal</b> * Readers will be gripped and hold fast until the shocking end * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Devil's Fjord</b> * Readers of Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin will find this gripping * <b>Library Journal</b> on <b>The Flood</b> * Hewson spins an engrossing tale * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>The Flood</b> * Hewson's own elegant prose style perfectly captures the mood of the story ... A splendid book * <b>Booklist Starred Review</b> of <b>The Killing</b> *

Hewson expertly balances tense action and thoughtful emotion. Fans of character-driven WWII thrillers will want to check this out * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> * Readers will be gripped and hold fast until the shocking end * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Devil's Fjord</b> * Outstanding * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>The Savage Shore</b> * Readers of Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin will find this gripping * <b>Library Journal</b> on <b>The Flood</b> *

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David Hewson is a former journalist with The Times, The Sunday Times and the Independent. He is the author of more than twenty-five novels, including his Rome-based Nic Costa series which has been published in fifteen languages, and his Amsterdam-based series featuring detective Pieter Vos. He has also written three acclaimed adaptations of the Danish TV series, The Killing. He lives near Canterbury in Kent.

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