In an ancient burial ground on an island off Venice, a
young woman’s casket is pried open, an object is wrenched
from her hands, and an extraordinary adventure begins.
From the moment he arrives in Venice, Daniel Forster is
seduced by the city’s mystery and eroticism. An earnest
young academic, Daniel has come for a summer job
cataloguing a private collector’s library. But when
Daniel’s employer sends him to buy a stolen violin from a
petty thief, a chain reaction of violence and deception
ignites. Suddenly Daniel is drawn into a police
investigation—and a tempest swirling around a beautiful
woman, a mysterious palazzo, and a lost musical masterpiece
dating back centuries. With each step he takes, Daniel
unwittingly retraces a journey that began in 1733, when
another young man came to Venice. And when, in this realm
of intrigue and beauty, two lovers came face-to-face with a
killer—and a mystery was born. Separated by centuries, two
tales of passion, betrayal, and danger collide in David
Hewson’s dazzling novel. Sweeping us from the intrigue of
Vivaldi’s Venice to the gritty world of a modern cop, from
the genius of a prodigy to the greed of a killer, Lucifer’s
Shadow builds to a shattering crescendo—and one last,
breathtaking surprise.
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