The Darkest Sin - Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Award 2023

<p><b>Set in Renaissance Florence, <i>The Darkest Sin</i> is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop and is the sequel to <i>City of Vengeance</i>. </b><br><br><b>'He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' &ndash; Historical Novel Society</b><br><br><b>Florence. Spring, 1537.</b><br><br>When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city&rsquo;s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets.<br><br>When a man&rsquo;s body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times, the case becomes even more complicated. Unthinkable as it seems, all the evidence suggests one of the nuns must be the killer.<br><br>Meanwhile, Constable Carlo Strocchi finds human remains pulled from the River Arno that belong to a