Listen to Chapter One
Santa Lucia Train Station
In this chapter, Anna’s long-overdue vacation turns into a nightmare. While waiting for her friend, she is dragged to the police station and interrogated about the murder of Count Sergio Corrin. Afraid of losing her job, and distrustful of foreign justice, she lies to Detective Biondi about knowing Corrin with whom she had an unfortunate affair. Will she find a way to uncover the truth and overcome her darkest fears to clear her name? Or will Biondi lock her up? Listen and see why AudioFile Magazine said Gabrielle de Cuir is a “virtuoso whose voice is the perfect vehicle” for the mystery.
“Narrator Gabrielle de Cuir is a virtuoso whose sultry voice is the perfect vehicle for Volker’s mystery. It’s the sensuous story of a pleasure trip that quickly devolves into a nightmare…”
AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE
“A riveting whodunit that makes full use of its dramatic setting.”
KIRKUS REVIEWS
“With lush language, Volker transports us to Venice, Italy, and the murder of Count Sergio Corrin. From the opening pages, we are swept up by language, intrigue, and a tantalizing mystery. Volker reaffirms the abiding adage: describe a world well enough and the reader is fully contained in it.”
NINA SCHUYLER
AUTHOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING BOOK THE TRANSLATOR
“… beautifully, if not deliciously, described story.”
SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW
“Weaves alluring language, seductive setting, the charm of shadowed history, and cunning intrigue into a (modern) historical mystery so tantalizing you will be swept away from word one.”
MANHATTAN BOOK REVIEW