Going Going Gondola

Atticus Drake, a perfectly nice, well-mannered man of almost forty, currently without much to do, barely hesitates when the beautiful Laura Hutchinson, his first schoolboy crush, reappears and invites him to a glamorous party in Venice, the City of Dreams. But it's not long before he begins to realise that the trip of a lifetime may not be quite what it seems. The City, with its alleys and canals, its masks and mysteries and a variety of curious characters all seem to hold secrets that he's not at all sure he wants to uncover....

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