Book Recommendation: The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith
The Girl from Venice (2016) is a standalone novel by the author of Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith. The scene is occupied Venice in 1945 as a fisherman named Cenzo discovers the body of a young woman floating in the lagoon. You will enjoy this thriller that becomes a love story. Click on the links to learn more about this author and his books.
"Venice, 1945. The war may be waning, but the city known as La Serenissima is still occupied and the people of Italy fear the power of the Third Reich. One night, under a canopy of stars, a fisherman named Cenzo comes across a young woman’s body floating in the lagoon and soon discovers that she is still alive and in trouble.
Born to a wealthy Jewish family, Giulia is on the run from the SS. Cenzo chooses to protect Giulia rather than hand her over to the Nazis. This act of kindness leads them into the world of Partisans, random executions, the arts of forgery and high explosives, Mussolini’s broken promises, the black market and gold, and, everywhere, the enigmatic maze of the Venice Lagoon." -Goodreads
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