The Dark Heart of Florence

In the next Lady Emily Mystery The Dark Heart of Florence,critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander transports readers to the legendary city of Florencewhere Lady Emily and Colin must solve a murder with clues leading back to the time of the Medici. In 1903tensions between Britain and Germany are starting to loom over Europesomething that has not gone unnoticed by Lady Emily and her husbandColin Hargreaves. An agent of the CrownColin carries the weight of the Empirebut his focus is drawn to Italy by a series of burglaries at his daughterΓÇÖs palazzo in FlorenceΓÇöburglaries that might have international ramifications. He and Emily travel to Tuscany wheresoon after their arrivala stranger is thrown to his death from the roof onto the marble palazzo floor. ColinΓÇÖs trusted colleague and fellow agentDarius Benton-Stonearrives to assist Colinwho insists their mission must remain top secret. Finding herself excluded from the investigationEmily secretly launches her own clandestine inquiry into the murderaided by her spirited and witty friendC├⌐cile. They soon discover that the palazzo may contain a hidden treasure dating back to the days of the Medici and the violent reign of the fanatic monkSavonarolaΓÇödays that resonate in the troubled early twentieth centuryan uneasy time full of intrigueduplicityand warring ideologies. Emily and C├⌐cile race to untangle the cryptic clues leading them through the Renaissance citybut an unimagined danger follows closely behind. And when another violent death puts Emily directly in the path of a killerthereΓÇÖs much more than treasure at stake…