Besides winning points for the hardest author name to spell that I've run across recently, Edward Sklepowich has written a nice nine-book series set in Venice, Italy - the Urbino Macintyre series.* And right now the last book in the series,
The Veils of Venice, is only $0.25 at Kindle US.* *And, although it's a bit odd to start with the last book, if you decide to start with this one, and like it, the others are published by Mysterious Press/Open Road, which means they go on sale pretty often.* * *Which is always nice to know when starting a series...
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QN3528S
Spoiler:
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Investigating a killing, Macintyre finds it to be a family affair
As snow falls on Venice, turning the city into an elaborate gothic confection, Gaby Pindar fears for her life. Crippled by intense agoraphobia, she hasn’t left her family home in two decades, instead dedicating herself to tending to the small collection of historical trinkets that make up the family museum. When she begins receiving death threats, she begs for help from her cousin, the Contessa da Capo-Zendrini, whose friend Urbino Macintyre is something of an amateur sleuth. But the search takes a gruesome turn when Gaby’s sister, Olimpia, turns up dead.
The contessa finds Olimpia murdered in her home, the maid kneeling above her with a bloody pair of scissors. Convinced of the maid’s innocence, Macintyre digs into the Pindar family history, discovering centuries’ worth of intrigue that have finally erupted in blood.
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