Ritual of Fire

The image of the book cover for Ritual of Fire by D.V. Biship includes the tagline 'Florence, 1538. A fierce heat. A ruthless killer. A city burning in a ....' (immediately above the title).

The background is textured yellow and orange, the title in a gothic style black font that takes up the majority of the space. There are two quotes, either side of a crest in the centre that say 'Aldo is a fascinating and charismatic protagonist' Antonia Hodgson and 'A series that's going from strength to strength' Phhilip Gwynne-Jones

At the bottom there is a view of a city on a slight hill, with towers above a crowded line of buildings

Florence. Summer, 1538.

A night patrol finds a rich merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main piazza. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier on this date, puritanical monk Girolamo...Read more