The Absolution

On Venice's crowded Lido beach a senior partner at a small Catholic bank?a bank engaged in negotiations with one of Italy's richest men?is found gruesomely murdered. Kat Tapo of the Venetian Carabinieri is called to run the investigation. But when the circumstances of his death echo an unsettling Masonic punishment for betrayal, she begins to think that money may not be the only motive. Working alongside her American colleague, US Army lieutenant Holly Boland, Kat soon realizes that she will need to look beyond the crowded streets of Venice for answers.From the United States to North Africa to the virtual world of Carnivia, created by notorious hacker Daniele Barbo, Kat is locked in a deadly race against time to unlock the secrets of Italy's past?before Venice itself starts to burn. . . . In this mesmerizing finale to the Carnivia Trilogy, Jonathan Holt weaves the past and present, the real and the virtual into his most twisting, suspenseful plot yet.