Arriving in Venice to support a friend at a wine competition, Alexandra discovers the romantic side of the city: a masquerade in an ancient palace, the dark eyes of a stranger behind a golden mask, a waltz in the rain in San Marco Square… But night comes—and everything changes. No wonder the old decree says: don’t go out into the streets after the third bell strike. Dark waters of Venice keep gloomy secrets, but sometimes old rituals are revived. One night, two murdered bodies are found in the garden of Countess Con’tarini—and that is only the beginning. Alexandra plunges back into the thick of events, not yet knowing that this time she won’t be able to manage on her own. Because in Venice everything is different; here time doesn’t matter… The main character of this book is Venice itself. Its story, its canals and bridges, its rituals preserved by old families.
See Venice—and die. Or… fall in love?