THE LIZARD'S BITE
On an August night on a small island near Venice, a fire explodes in a glassmaking shop. When help arrives, two people are dead, a rich Englishman is implicated, and investigators from Rome are assigned a case no one wants them to solve..In this spellbinding new novel featuring Detective Nic Costa, author David Hewson weaves together the rich fabric of Europe?s most beguiling city with a riveting tale of passion, corruption, and the poisonous bite of betrayal.