The Veils of Venice (Urbino Macintyre Venetian Mystery)

The new Urbino Macintyre Venetian mystery - Long-time Venice resident, literary biographer and reluctant amateur sleuth Urbino Macintyre is helping his friend, the Contessa Barbara, to organize an exhibition of the famous textile designer Mariano Fortuny. Then the Contessa's cousin, Olimpia, is stabbed to death in a crime of passion. All clues twist back to the Contessa's relatives, but it is a delicate matter; especially as it is Barbara's loyal maid, Mina, who is found kneeling beside the body clutching a pair of bloodied scissors . . .