<p><b>Shortlisted for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2021.</b><br><br><b>'</b><b>An impressive and immersive debut set in a beautifully realized sixteenth-century Florence' Antonia Hodgson</b><br><br><b>'</b><b>A first-class historical thriller . . . Bishop&rsquo;s spirited and richly detailed story is a tour-de-force' David Baldacci</b><br><br><b>'</b><b>Richly atmospheric . . . transports you to another time and place' Ambrose Parry</b><b>, author of <i>The Way of All Flesh</i></b><br><br><b><i>City of Vengeance</i></b><b> is an explosive debut novel in an historical thriller series by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence, which continues with <i>The Darkest Sin</i>.</b><br><br>Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth.<br><br>Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city&rsquo;s most feared criminal court, is given four days to solve the murder: catch the killer before the feast of Epiphany &ndash; or suffer the consequences.<br><br>During his investigations Aldo uncovers a plot to overthrow the volatile ruler of Florence, Alessandro de&rsquo; Medici. If the Duke falls, it will endanger the whole city. But a rival officer of the court is determined to expose details about Aldo&rsquo;s private life that could lead to his ruin. Can Aldo stop the conspiracy before anyone else dies, or will his own secrets destroy him first?</p>