Ritual of Fire - From The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author

<p><b>'It's hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence. Religion and lust? Money and politics? It's all here, combined into a murderous brew' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of <i>The Royal Secret</i></b><br><br><b>'Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' &ndash; Historical Novel Society</b><br><br>Florence. Summer, 1538.<br><br>A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city&rsquo;s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk&rsquo;s regime of holy terror?<br><br>Cesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constab