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A short story featuring Giordano Bruno: heretic, philosopher and spy. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom. Even the dead have a story to tell...Naples, 1566. During a sweltering summer, eighteen-year-old Giordano Bruno takes his final vows at San Domenico Maggiore and is admitted to the Dominican Order - despite doubts over his tendency to ask difficult questions. Assisting in the infirmary, Bruno witnesses an illicit autopsy performed on the body of a young woman. Her corpse reveals a dark secret, and Bruno suspects that hers may not have been an accidental death. His investigation leads him to a powerful figure who wants to keep the truth buried - and Bruno is forced to make a choice between his future in the Order, and justice for an innocent victim and her grieving family...

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Crime & mystery Historical mysteries

• Full title: Secret Dead
• Author: S. J. Parris
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• EAN: 9780008102098
• ISBN: 0008102090
• ID: 04486699
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Weight: 66 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 131 × 6 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. July 2014

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