A truly haunting glimpse into a mysterious shadow world' New York Times.

'Tense and mind-bending' Daily Telegraph. An illuminating portrait of a particular world' Literary Review. ******** Reviews for The Carnivia Trilogy: 'Genuinely thrilling. Delaney, is also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling psychological thrillers The Girl Before and The Perfect Wife.

This is the second novel in a trilogy of stylish and intelligent thrillers set in Venice from Jonathan Holt who, under the name J.P. What she discovers will rewrite the past. But Kat has reasons of her own to mount a secret investigation. Captain Kat Tapo, of the Venice police, is considered too headstrong to lead a high-profile kidnap case. It was several hours later that she was finally reported missing. So nobody noticed when she was bundled into a van and driven high into the hills. ******** The girl in the feathered mask was just another Carnival reveller, dancing in the streets at midnight, anonymous in the Venice crowds. Ī superb conspiracy thriller set in Venice, from a Sunday Times bestseller. But Kat has reasons of her own to mount a secret. With The Abduction, the second book in the Carnivia Trilogy, Jonathan Holt delivers a heart-pounding sequel to his acclaimed international thriller The Abomination.A superb conspiracy thriller set in Venice, from a Sunday Times bestseller. If the shocking truth is not discovered, more than one innocent life will be sacrificed. But when secrets from Italy's complicated wartime past begin to surface, he must decide how much he will reveal. 's uncooperative creator has yet to yield its hidden truths to the authorities. But the more the two women investigate, the murkier the case becomes. When a group demanding an end to US bases in Italy claims responsibility, it seems clear why she was kidnapped. At the same time, Second Lieutenant Holly Boland searches for a US Army officer's daughter who is missing from an American military base near the city. A strand of text repeatedly scrolls across the screen: STRESSFUL STANDING IS NOT TORTURE. The Abduction is an adrenaline-fueled tale of mystery and intrigue that moves between the physical world of Venice, Italy, and its online counterpart, blurring the boundary between dark fantasy and even darker reality.Ĭaptain Kat Tapo of the Venice Carabinieri knows that the social media site harbors disturbing secrets, but she's shocked to discover a webcam feed that streams video of a hooded and shackled teenage girl.

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