Were you a fan of Hamnet, or The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O’Farrell. Perhaps you loved Matrix by Lauren Groff.

If so you’re sure to love this detective novel set in renaissance Florence.

Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici has commissioned a sumptuous fresco by renowned painter Jacopo da Pontormo, friend and contemporary of Michaelangelo. On the eve of its completion Pontormo is found with a chisel lodged in his heart and a hammer blow to the skull. His fresco has been recently retouched.

So begins this epistolary detective novel, set among the violence and intrigue of the Medici family and the Roman Catholic Church. With a thrilling cast of characters and plenty of twists and turns it is sure to fire up any love of renaissance art.

-Sally

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