{"product_id":"ritual-of-fire-cesare-aldo-3","title":"Ritual of Fire (Cesare Aldo, 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCeremonial murder has returned to Florence. Only two men can end the destruction. Featuring Officer Cesare Aldo, Ritual of Fire is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' – Historical Novel Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlorence. Summer, 1538.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk’s regime of holy terror?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the killing. When another merchant is burned alive in public, the rich start fleeing to their country estates. But the Tuscan hills can also be dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing religious fervour and a scorching heatwave drives the city ever closer to madness. Meanwhile, someone is stalking those powerful men who forged lifelong bonds in the dark days of Savonarola.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnless Aldo and Strocchi work together, all of Florence will be consumed by an inferno of death and destruction . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It's hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence. Religion and lust? Money and politics? It's all here, combined into a murderous brew' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRitual of Fire is the third Cesare Aldo mystery, preceded by City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Page and Prose Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41138977669184,"sku":"9781529096507","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0876\/8576\/files\/9781529096507.jpg?v=1780283587","url":"https:\/\/thepageandprose.co.nz\/products\/ritual-of-fire-cesare-aldo-3","provider":"The Page and Prose Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}