Venice called to Urbina MacIntyre - intoxicating him with a blend of majesty, history and decay. Strolling past her magnificent palazzos and picuresque canals, the expatriate American writer knew he could love none other - and vowed to remain always. But now the elegant tranquility of his chosen city has been shattered by mayhem and murder. The bizarre theft of the corpse of a thousand year old virgin saint and the brutal slaying of a devout washerwoman thrust Urbino into the heart of a strange and sinister myster - leading the inquisitive author down a twisting perilous trail that winds toward almost certain doom among the disinterred dead on the Isle of Bones.
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Two friends attempt to solve the murder of an old woman, who was devoted to the "crystal-coffined remains of Santa Teodora," in the old Church of San Gabriele.
An elegant, intricate novel that takes place in Venice.
An elegant, intricate novel that takes place in Venice.
