Dead in Venice

Crime Grant Finalist

By: Fiona Leitch

Narrated by: Deryn Edwards

Bella Tyson is a famous 40-something crime writer suffering from writer’s block ever since a bitter divorce two years before. When a fan offers her the use of an apartment in Venice, Bella jumps at it, hoping a change of scene will have her writing again. Once there, she soon meets Will, a charming Englishman, who shows her around the city.

Enchanted by both Will and her new surroundings, Bella decides to write a supernatural murder mystery and begins researching local legends and the city’s more sinister side, including an illicit visit to the island of Poveglia, spooky former home of Venice’s asylum. Soon Bella uncovers more than she has bargained for and finds herself enmeshed in a series of gruesome real-life murders that uncannily mirror the legends she is researching.

As she and Will join forces to investigate, real life and local lore merge disconcertingly - for nothing in Venice turns out to be what seems, including Will....

©2018 Fiona Leitch (P)2018 Audible, Ltd

Enthusiastic narration is misleading of the extremely serious topic

Were it not for the extremely serious topic the book is precisely about, I would have thoroughly enjoyed the book. I only read for entertainment and I feel awful and sad reading books that cover this topic. Otherwise, the main character and the setting plus the narration were all very well done.

hope for new series

wonderful narrator. Lots of twists and the plot moves along at a nice clip. Anticipating the next installment.

I Would Give It 20 Stars If I Could

Seldom does a book tick all the boxes and then some..I laughed until the dogs ran out of the room… I shuddered until I had to stoke the fire in the hearth,… and I smiled and positively swooned at the chemistry oozing from the pages…
Humor, mystery, travelogue and love…. Who could ask for more.?!?!?????… ME, please make this a series..

Distracting plot questions

I enjoyed some of this book. But I was distracted the entire time by the choices the characters were making. Thought maybe it’d all make sense in the end. But I still don’t understand these characters. Started out liking the main character but lost it for her once she maintained the creepy romantic relationship. Not invested in these people. Don’t want to know what they do next. Go read the nosy Parker series instead!

It's so meta!!!

I'm not going to elaborate on that title, just listen to the book and you'll know what I mean. This is one of the most original stories I've ever read/heard, and it had me on the edge of my driver's seat the entire 3 hour one-way drive to the big city and back, and when I got home I wanted to know how it ended so I listened to the rest of it with headphones. Do not hesitate to buy this! Also, the narrator brilliantly brings the protagonist and the other characters to life. My only gripe is that the overall volume is quite low so I really had to crank up the car stereo. Hopefully Audible can fix this, and no stars lost for that little nitpick.