Carnevaleis in full swing the streets of Venice are crowded with masked revellers and Nathan Sutherland's birthday is about to be ruined ... When a man is fatally stabbed at the opera at La Fenice and one of Nathan's business cards is found in his wallet Nathan investigates - and is soon on the hunt for a lost opera by Monteverdi. The trail leads to ruthless criminals demanding high prices for the manuscript ... and then a second body is found in Venice's English church. Nathan's quest will bring him back to the stage of La Fenice where a final confrontation has deadly consequences.

Part of the Nathan Sutherland series.