2/14/2024 0 Comments Venice sketchbook![]() April 2021 will mark the publication of THE VENICE SKETCHBOOK-another sweeping historical novel of love, loss and intrigue. My other stand-alone novels are The Victory Garden, about land girls in WWI and Above the Bay of Angels, featuring a young woman who becomes chef for Queen Victoria. In Farleigh Field won three major awards and was nominated for an Edgar. I have recently published four internationally bestselling WWII novels, one of them a #1 Kindle bestseller, and the Tuscan Child selling almost a million copies to date. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son and visits Paris frequently.I'm a New York Times bestselling mystery author, winner of both Agatha and Anthony awards for my Molly Murphy mysteries, set in 1902 New York City. She has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, and her books have been translated into German, Norwegian, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew. ![]() To learn more about the author, visit .Ĭara Black is the author of nineteen books in the New York Times bestselling Aimée Leduc series. She and husband John still travel widely (in normal years). ![]() Rhys was born and raised in Britain, was a former broadcaster with the BBC, and lived in Australia before settling in California. This year she will be guest of honor at the Malice Domestic Convention. Her works have been translated into 29 languages and she has won twenty major awards for her writing. They have been international bestsellers with The Tuscan Child now close to a million sold in countries around the world. ![]() Rhys’s histórical standalone novels take us to the first half of the twentieth century, with three of them focusing on WWII. Her Molly Murphy mysteries are set in early 1900s New York City and her popular Royal Spyness books feature a minor royal in the 1930s. Rhys Bowen is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and #1 Kindle bestselling author of two historical mystery series and five historical standalone novels. Cara Black is at her best as she brings Occupation-era France to vivid life in this masterful, pulse-pounding story about one young woman with the temerity-and drive-to take on Hitler himself. When Kate misses her mark and the plan unravels, Kate is on the run for her life-all the time wrestling with the suspicion that the whole operation was a set-up. Thrust into the red-hot center of the war, a country girl from rural Oregon finds herself holding the fate of the world in her hands. But other than rushed and rudimentary instruction, she has no formal spy training. Wrecked by grief after a Luftwaffe bombing killed her husband and infant daughter, she is armed with a rifle, a vendetta, and a fierce resolve. Cara Black's Three Hours in Paris follows Kate Rees, a young American markswoman who has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris with a dangerous assignment: assassinate the Führer. In June of 1940, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Hitler spent a total of three hours in the City of Light-abruptly leaving, never to return. It's one that Caroline can now make right again as her own journey of self-discovery begins. Key by key, Lettie's life of impossible love, loss, and courage unfolds. Until the threat of war closes in on Venice and they're forced to fight, survive, and protect a secret that will bind them forever. However star-crossed, nothing can come between them. For Juliet, it's poignant memories and a chance to reconnect with Leonardo Da Rossi, the man she loves whose future is already determined by his noble family. For her students, it's a wealth of history, art, and beauty. It's 1938 when art teacher Juliet Browning arrives in romantic Venice. Caroline's quest: to scatter Juliet "Lettie" Browning's ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than sixty years. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper.Venice. Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Love and secrets collide in Venice during WWII in The Venice Sketchbook, Rhys Bowen's enthralling novel of brief encounters and lasting romance.
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