The Night in Venice: An irresistible historical novel – The Talented Mr Ripley meets A Room with a View...

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A.J. Martin

The Night in Venice

An irresistible historical novel – The Talented Mr Ripley meets A Room with a View

A.J. Martin

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English

Weidenfeld & Nicolson
15 October 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense; Historical adventure

'A master of historical crime fiction' Guardian

'A writer in full command of his subject' Mail on Sunday

'Martin's novels are works of literature, not simply puzzles' Financial Times

The Talented Mr Ripley meets A Room with a View in this dark and irresistible historical novel featuring Monica: a fourteen-year-old girl with a disturbing imagination . . .

Venice, 1911. Monica is a fourteen-year-old with a wild imagination and an unbearably dull governess named Rose Driscoll. She was supposed to be entering the most exciting time of her life but, with her parents and uncle now dead, she has been forced to leave leafy Hampstead and move to a flat on the busy Holloway Road with a woman who is living proof that an exciting life is not guaranteed.

Driscoll has dutifully planned this trip to Venice, as directed by a 'letter of wishes' in a will, but on the very first morning, as the sunlight streams through the curtains of their Palazzo, Monica wakes up to a horrible realisation: has she killed her only guardian?

Too scared to find out the truth, Monica flees her room and immerses herself in the mysterious streets, canals and squares of Venice, all the while her thoughts spinning back to a dark childhood in London and her fear of what the future holds.

By: A.J. Martin
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781399608022
ISBN 10: 1399608029
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

A.J. Martin is the critically-acclaimed author of numerous fiction and non-fiction books, and has written and presented TV documentaries. He lives in North London. His latest novel, THE NIGHT IN VENICE, publishes in July 2024.

Reviews for The Night in Venice: An irresistible historical novel – The Talented Mr Ripley meets A Room with a View

The Night in Venice... has echoes of Ripley, this time commingled with Forster's A Room with a View; Martin writes in a truly distinctive and allusive style. -- Barry Forshaw * FINANCIAL TIMES *