It has been a while since my last post and I apologise for not staying in touch – life has been busy and time sure does fly. I do hope you are all well though and having a good Easter weekend. Here in the UK spring is slowly emerging and there is a feeling of growth and renewal all around. It’s wonderful and I think one of my favoruite times of year. Today I am delighted to be taking part in the blog tour for the latest installment in the Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries, A Death in Venice by Verity Bright. So let’s find out a little more about the book…

Stunning views across the Grand Canal and a hotel suite fit for royalty… Lady Eleanor Swift is having a jolly good time on her Italian vacation, until a gondola ride is cut murderously short!

1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has been on a grand tour around Italy for a month with her butler Clifford. Finally arriving in Venice, she’s thrilled to be attending the famous carnival: all that’s needed is the perfect bejewelled costume for her faithful bulldog, Gladstone. But on her first gondola ride to take in the sights, a passenger collapses into the canal with a knife sticking out of his back.

Eleanor saw an argument break out between the gondolier and the victim, Councillor Benetto Vendelini, and it turns out they’re rivals from the city’s two great families. Vendelini’s murder is sure to reignite their centuries-long feud. While attending a glitzy ball that night, Eleanor learns of a plot to steal a precious family heirloom from the Vendelini household. Is the stolen item the key to solving this baffling murder?

In this floating city of tiny winding alleyways, Eleanor traces the missing heirloom to an antiques dealer in a far-flung corner of town. But when her handbag is snatched by a cloaked thief, she realises the murderer is dangerously close. Can Eleanor unmask this most cunning of killers, before she joins the other victim at the bottom of the Grand Canal?

An utterly gripping historical murder mystery set in Italy, full of intrigue and charming characters. Fans of T.E. Kinsey, Agatha Christie and Catherine Coles will be totally hooked by A Death in Venice!

My thoughts

Book 17! Can you believe it!? I have featured all but the very first on this very blog and I have loved each and every one. I do love a good mystery and one of the things I have enjoyed the most about this series is spending time with such warm, funny and interesting characters. Eleanor is joyful, brave, compassionate and fiercly loyal. Clifford is the the type of friend anyone would like looking out for them and an exemplary butler. This time we are joining them whilst they are holidaying in Venice. As always author, Verity Bright, gently weaves interesting historical facts throughout the story and also does a wonderful job of taking us to 1920’s Venice. It isn’t long before Eleanor and Clifford are mixed up in yet another murder. Although identifying the guilty party initially looks clear cut, Eleanor feels that something doesn’t quite add up and soon both her and Clifford are in deep and things are looking very dangerous for them indeed. It would seem there is so much more going on than meets the eye and for once Eleanor can’t even trust the police.

Full of Italian passion, danger and a touch of Romeo and Juliet, this latest instalment from Verity Bright does not disappoint. Thank you so much to Sarah at Bookouture for inviting me to take part in this blog tour. It was an absolute pleasure as always. It’s been so much fun to return to the blog – I shall be back agin soon! Thank you for taking the time to visit!

Author Bio:

Verity Bright is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing partnership that has spanned a quarter of a century. Starting out writing high-end travel articles and books, they published everything from self-improvement to humour, before embarking on their first historical mystery. They are the authors of the fabulous Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series, set in the 1920s.

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