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Eighty-five percent of La Serenissima is underwater. Gale force winds roar across the lagoon and along the narrow streets. And the body of Dr. Jennifer Whiteread - a young British art historian specialising in the depiction of angels in Venetian painting - is found floating in a flooded antique bookshop on the Street of the Assassins.

 

As the local police struggle to restore order to a city on its knees, Nathan Sutherland - under pressure from the British ambassador and a grieving father - sets out into the dark and rain-swept streets in an attempt to discover the truth behind Whiteread's death.

 

The trail leads to the Markham Foundation, a recent and welcome addition to the list of charities working to preserve the ancient city. Charming, clever and very, very rich, Giles Markham is a well-known and popular figure in the highest Venetian social circles. But a man with powerful friends may also have powerful enemies. And Nathan ist about to learn that, in Venice at least, angels come in many forms - merciful, fallen and vengeful...