The Dead of Winter

Three gripping tales from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller S. J. Parris. The Secret Dead During the summer of 1566, a girls body is found within the walls of a Neapolitan monastery. Novice monk Giordano Bruno has a habit of asking difficult questions, but this time his investigations may lose him his place in the Dominican Order or deliver him into the hands of the Inquisition. The Academy of Secrets An invitation arrives from a secret society of enlightened philosophers, led by the eccentric Don Giambattista della Porta. Bruno is captivated even more so when he meets della Portas beautiful niece. But keeping these new heretical secrets soon becomes a matter of life or death A Christmas Requiem When Giordano Bruno is told the pope wants to see him, he fears he may be walking into a trap. The pope is intrigued by Brunos talent for complex memory games, but Rome is a den of intrigue, trickery and blood, and Bruno will be lucky to escape the Eternal City alive. *Please note these three novellas are also published as individual stories in ebook.* S. J. Parris gives us a glimpse into the younger years of Giordano Bruno, her 16th-century heretic and spy, in this collection of three beguiling novellas Observer What readers are saying about The Dead of Winter Superb story-telling Such a treat Beautifully written Gripping Compulsive reading Full of energy and excitement Superb