Venice Series #3,5,6 by Philip Gwynne Jones
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Overview: Philip Gwynne Jones was born in South Wales in 1966, and lived and worked throughout Europe before settling in Scotland in the 1990s. He first came to Italy in 1994, when he spent some time working for the European Space Agency in Frascati, a job that proved to be less exciting than he had imagined.
He spent twenty years in the IT industry before realising he was congenitally unsuited to it.
Furthermore, an attempt to find a secure, well-paid job with a proper pension had resulted in him finding himself in the IT department of a large Scottish bank during the global financial crisis.
Something, clearly, had to change.
And so it was that – following a conversation with a man in a pub – Philip and Caroline left their jobs, sold their flat and moved to Venice in search of a better, simpler future.
They were wrong about the ‘simpler’ bit . . .
Philip now works as a teacher, writer and translator, and lives in Venice with Caroline.
He enjoys cooking, art, classical music and opera; and can occasionally be seen and heard singing bass with Cantori Veneziani and the Ensemble Vocale di Venezia.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
The Venetian Masquerade – Venice Series 03 (2019)
‘It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice . . . art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an almost surreal climax’.
A game of blackmail and betrayal is played among the backstreets and canals of Venice . . .
Carnevale is in full swing, the streets and waterways of Venice are crowded with masked revellers and Nathan Sutherland’s birthday is about to be ruined.
A night at the opera at La Fenice is always a memorable experience – and this time it will be so for all the wrong reasons as the curtain call is interrupted by a fatal stabbing.
But why is the dead man carrying one of Nathan’s business cards in his wallet?
The mystery of the murdered stranger takes Nathan on the trail of a lost opera by Monteverdi.
But what begins as a harmless treasure hunt leads to ruthless criminals asking the highest of prices for the lost score . . . and then a second body is found in the sanctuary of Venice’s English church.
The quest for the lost manuscript will bring Nathan back to the stage of La Fenice, where a final confrontation has deadly consequences . . .
The Venetian Legacy – Venice Series 05 (2021)
A game of cross and double-cross in Venice, one of the most beautiful cities on earth.
From his office on the Street of the Assassins, Nathan Sutherland enjoys a steady but unexciting life translating Italian DIY manuals.
All this changes dramatically when he is offered a large sum of money to look after a small package containing an extremely valuable antique prayer book illustrated by a Venetian master.
But is it a stolen masterpiece – or a brilliant fake?
Unknown to Nathan, from a vast mansion on the Grand Canal twin brothers Domenico and Arcangelo Moro, motivated by nothing more than mutual hatred, have been playing out a complex game of art theft for twenty years.
And now Nathan finds himself unwittingly drawn into their deadly business . . .
The Angels of Venice – Venice Series 06 (2022)
It’s the night of 12 November 2019.
The worst flooding in 50 years hits the city of Venice.
85% of La Serenissima is underwater.
Gale force winds roar across the lagoon and along the narrow streets.
And the body of Dr Jennifer Whiteread- a young British art historian, specialising in the depiction of angels in Venetian painting – is found floating in a flooded antique bookshop on the Street of the Assassins.
As the local police struggle to restore order to a city on its knees, Nathan Sutherland – under pressure from the British Ambassador and distraught relatives – sets out into the dark and rain-swept streets in an attempt to discover the truth behind Whiteread’s death.
The trail leads to the ‘Markham Foundation’, a recent and welcome addition to the list of charities working to preserve the ancient city.
Charming, handsome and very, very rich, Giles Markham is a well-known and popular figure in the highest Venetian social circles, and has the ear of both the Mayor and the Patriarch.
But a man with powerful friends may also have powerful enemies.
And Nathan is about to learn that, in Venice at least, angels come in many forms – merciful, fallen and vengeful.
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