Novels set in Venice

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FourChimneys · 27/12/2022 20:32

My cousin is going to Venice in the spring and I'd like to buy her a book set there. Apart from the obvious Death in Venice are there other good novels? I don't think she would enjoy chick lit or sci-fi.

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Riverlee · 29/12/2022 13:28

The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen was my first thought also.

Also Italian Girl by Lucinda Riley.(Italy in general, rather than Venice )

Asheris · 29/12/2022 03:40

@lol beans I also love Venice sketchbook

OneFrenchEgg · 28/12/2022 10:31

I love Miss Garnetts Angel ! Also the Thief Lord is a kids book but lovely.

TheHumanSatsuma · 28/12/2022 10:30

I loved Garden of Angels by David Hewson.

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FourChimneys · 28/12/2022 10:25

Really good suggestions, thank you everyone. I'll do a bit of research and read some reviews.

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RoyalCorgi · 28/12/2022 09:54

Miss Garnet's Angel by Sally Vickers is quite a popular one, though I'm not that keen on it, to be honest:

www.goodreads.com/book/show/574220.Miss_Garnet_s_Angel

There's also Don't Look Now, Daphne du Maurier's story on which the famous film is based.

CatChant · 27/12/2022 20:42

Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti series is a very readable and non-gory detective series set in Venice.
Cornelia Funke’s The Thief Lord is a very intelligent, satisfying and imaginative children’s novel about two boys who run away to Venice.

LynnImstuckontheringroad · 27/12/2022 20:40

Donna Leon novels are set in Venice.

GreedyEdie · 27/12/2022 20:40

I read one called the Venice sketchbook, set in WW2, female protagonist goes to Venice to sketch, gets recruited by the allies to report on boat comings and goings.

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