The girl in the feathered mask was just another Carnival reveller, dancing in the streets at midnight, anonymous in the Venice crowds. So nobody noticed when she was bundled into a van and driven high into the hills. It was several hours later that she was finally reported missing.
Captain Kat Tapo, of the Venice police, is considered too headstrong to lead a high-profile kidnap case. But Kat has reasons of her own to mount a secret investigation. What she discovers will rewrite the past... and send shockwaves into the present.
This is the second novel in a trilogy of stylish and intelligent thrillers set in Venice from Jonathan Holt who, under the name J.P. Delaney, is also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling psychological thrillers The Girl Before and The Perfect Wife.
'Genuinely thrilling... An illuminating portrait of a particular world' Literary Review
'Tense and mind-bending' Daily Telegraph
'Breathtaking... A truly haunting glimpse into a mysterious shadow world' New York Times
'Impressive... Venice is a magnificent backdrop for a story of secrets and lies' Daily Mail
'A cracking, upmarket thriller... A rare entertainment for the thinking deckchair reader' Saga Magazine
The Abduction
By Jonathan Holt
The sensational second thriller in the internationally bestselling Carnivia Trilogy, from the same author as the Sunday Times Bestseller, The Girl Before.
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Book Details
Imprint: Head of Zeus | Pub date: May 2014 | Format: 198 x 129mm | Extent: 400
About the Author
Jonathan Holt is the internationally bestselling author of The Carnivia Trilogy. He also writes psychological thrillers under the name J.P. Delaney. His novels The Girl Before and Believe Me have both been top-ten Sunday Times bestsellers and have been published worldwide.