{"product_id":"night-owl-book-club-cesare-aldo","title":"Night Owl Book Club - Cesare Aldo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin us for our next Night Owl book club event on Monday, 17th July, at 8pm at The Crown \u0026amp; Kitchen, East Linton. We'll be journeying to Renaissance Florence with author D. V. Bishop, who'll be joining us to talk about his Cesare Aldo series of historical crime thrillers while we enjoy a Negroni cocktail!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTickets include admittance to the event, a copy of the book of your choice, plus a Negroni cocktail (invented in Florence!) to enjoy on arrival (or please let us know if you would prefer a non-alcoholic mocktail).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you're new to the Cesare Aldo series, you can select a ticket including \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCity of Vengeance\u003c\/em\u003e, the first title in the series, or if you're attending as a couple why not choose book two, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Darkest Sin\u003c\/em\u003e, for your second ticket? Keen Cesare Aldo fans can opt for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRitual of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, which has just been released this month! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe event will include a discussion and Q\u0026amp;A with D. V. Bishop, followed by a book signing. Additional copies will be available to purchase on the night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease select 'local collection' at the checkout if you would like to pick up your copy from Night Owl - we'll send you a notification when it's ready to collect. \u003c\/strong\u003eAlternatively, if you already have a copy of the books you can select a 'Cocktail only' ticket option. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis event is open to attendees aged 18+ only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Cesare Aldo series:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCity of Vengeance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlorence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city’s most feared criminal court, is given four days to solve the murder: catch the killer before the feast of Epiphany – or suffer the consequences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring his investigations Aldo uncovers a plot to overthrow the volatile ruler of Florence, Alessandro de’ Medici. If the Duke falls, it will endanger the whole city. But a rival officer of the court is determined to expose details about Aldo’s private life that could lead to his ruin. Can Aldo stop the conspiracy before anyone else dies, or will his own secrets destroy him first?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDarkest Sin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlorence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city’s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen a man’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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeanwhile, Constable Carlo Strocchi finds human remains pulled from the River Arno that belong to an officer of the law missing since winter. The dead man had many enemies, but who would dare kill an official of the city’s most feared criminal court?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs Aldo and Strocchi close in on the truth, identifying the killers will prove more treacherous than either of them could ever have imagined . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRitual of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlorence. Summer, 1538. A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk’s regime of holy terror?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the killing. When another merchant is burned alive in public, the rich start fleeing to their country estates. But the Tuscan hills can also be dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing religious fervour and a scorching heatwave drives the city ever closer to madness. Meanwhile, someone is stalking those powerful men who forged lifelong bonds in the dark days of Savonarola.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnless Aldo and Strocchi work together, all of Florence will be consumed by an inferno of death and destruction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout D. V. Bishop:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eD. V. Bishop is the author of the Cesare Aldo mysteries set in Renaissance Florence, published by Pan Macmillan. An award-winning screenwriter and TV dramatist, his love for the city of Florence and the Renaissance period meant there could only be one setting for his crime-fiction debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHe was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship by the Scottish Book Trust in 2017 while writing the first Cesare Aldo novel, \u003cem\u003eCity of Vengeance\u003c\/em\u003e. Bishop won the Pitch Perfect competition at the 2018 Bloody Scotland international crime fiction festival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe was shortlisted for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, won the 2022 NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Novel and is shortlisted for the 2023 CWA Historical Dagger. His novels have also been longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, and the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFAQs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI already have all of the Cesare Aldo series \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e- is it possible to get a ticket without the book?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo problem - please select the 'Cocktail only' ticket option at the checkout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Where will we be meeting?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe event will be held at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.crownandkitchen.com\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.crownandkitchen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Crown \u0026amp; Kitchen\u003c\/a\u003e, 25-27 Bridge Street, East Linton, EH40 3AG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note on Covid precautions: if you can, please take a lateral before attending, and if you feel unwell on the day, please err on the side of caution.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D. 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