Jonathan Holt

The Victim: On the steps of Santa Maria della Salute lies the body of a woman, wearing the robes of a Catholic priest. In the eyes of the Church, she is an abomination ... The Investigator: Captain Kat Tapo has matched the victim's tattoo to graffiti in an abandoned asylum. Now she's been ordered to close the case ... The Hacker: Carnivia.com is a virtual Venice that holds the city's secrets. Only its reclusive creator can help Kat unearth the shocking truth ... The Abomination has arrived.

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The Abomination

The international #1 bestseller and worldwide thriller sensation—the first novel in the epic Carnivia Trilogy It is midnight on the feast day of La Befana, and Venice is celebrating. But on the steps of Santa Maria, there is a deathly hush. A body has washed up from the Grand Canal: a woman, wearing the robes of a Catholic priest—a desecration known as the Abomination. This is Captain Katerina Tapo’s first murder case. The trail leads her from the labyrinthine back streets of Venice to an abandoned asylum on the uninhabited island of Poveglia; to carnivia.com, an encrypted gossip website holding the city’s secrets; to an ancient Catholic monastery; and finally to an American military base. Along the way, she makes uneasy allies of Lieutenant Holly Boland, a young U.S. army intelligence officer with unique ties to the country in which she’s been stationed, and Daniele Barbo, a reclusive and brilliant Venetian aristocrat-turnedcomputer- hacker who operates, and fiercely protects, carnivia.com. Then, suddenly, the trail goes cold. Evidence goes missing, and Kat is ordered to close the case. What follows is the unravelling of a dark and powerful conspiracy with sinister roots in post–Cold War Italy that will test loyalties Kat did not know she had. She understands that old crimes cannot be forgotten, and that left unpunished, corrupt forces will continue to repeat their sins.

Sconsacrato

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In this mesmerizing finale to the revolutionary Carnivia Trilogy—following The Abomination and The Abduction—Venetian police captain Kat Tapo and U.S. Army intelligence analyst Holly Boland embark on their most dangerous and disturbing journey yet. On Venice’s popular Lido beach, a man is found lying on the shore, his throat slit and his tongue viciously torn out, and his face covered by an unusual antique mask. Superiors inside the Venice Carabinieri have finally given Captain Kat Tapo permission to run her first murder case. But when she learns that the mask is a Masonic “hoodwink”—and that the circumstances of the man’s death are eerily similar to the Masonic punishment for betrayal—she suspects that her appointment has darker implications. As a woman, she cannot penetrate the closed world of Italian freemasonry. The dead man is identified as a senior partner in a small Catholic bank currently engaged in negotiations with one of Italy’s richest men. Yet Kat knows that, when it comes to Venice’s most powerful and influential, money isn’t the only motive for murder. While she focuses on her investigation, American intelligence analyst Holly Boland finds a document among her father’s possessions that offers evidence of a shocking Cold War cover-up. The deeper the second lieutenant digs into what her father knew, the more she begins to wonder: Was her father silenced before he could expose the truth? Reclusive genius Daniele Barbo, creator of the anonymous virtual world Carnivia.com, makes a chilling discovery of his own: his website has been contaminated by a malevolent virus that will cripple Italy unless he can break his own encryption and prevent catastrophe. As the three cases merge, the trio of allies uncover a conspiracy involving the security services, the Church, and the CIA—a devastating plot stretching back decades that could destroy all three of them . . . but not without a fight.

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The Absolution

It is midnight on the feast day of La Befana, and Venice is celebrating. But on the steps of Santa Maria, there is a deathly hush. A body has washed up from the Grand Canal: a woman, wearing the robes of a Catholic priest—a desecration known as the Abomination. This is Captain Katerina Tapo’s first murder case. The trail leads her from the labyrinthine back streets of Venice to an abandoned asylum on the uninhabited island of Poveglia; to carnivia.com, an encrypted gossip website holding the city’s secrets; to an ancient Catholic monastery; and finally to an American military base. Along the way, she makes uneasy allies of Lieutenant Holly Boland, a young U.S. army intelligence officer with unique ties to the country in which she’s been stationed, and Daniele Barbo, a reclusive and brilliant Venetian aristocrat-turnedcomputer- hacker who operates, and fiercely protects, carnivia.com. Then, suddenly, the trail goes cold. Evidence goes missing, and Kat is ordered to close the case. What follows is the unravelling of a dark and powerful conspiracy with sinister roots in post–Cold War Italy that will test loyalties Kat did not know she had. She understands that old crimes cannot be forgotten, and that left unpunished, corrupt forces will continue to repeat their sins.

The abduction

The sensational second thriller in the Carnivia Trilogy, from a Sunday Times bestseller. The girl in the feathered mask was just another Carnival reveller. She was dancing in the streets at midnight, anonymous in the Venice crowds. So nobody noticed when she was bundled into a van and driven high into the hills. Nobody heard her scream. Captain Kat Tapo, of the Venice police, is considered too headstrong to lead a high-profile kidnap case. But Kat has reasons of her own to mount a secret investigation. What she discovers will rewrite the past... and send shockwaves into the present. This is the second novel in a trilogy of stylish and intelligent thrillers set in Venice from Jonathan Holt who, under the name J.P. Delaney, is also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling psychological thrillers THE GIRL BEFORE and BELIEVE ME. Reviews for the Carnivia Trilogy: 'A genuinely thrilling thriller that is also an illuminating portrait of a particular world... A terrific book' Literary Review. 'Tense and mind-bending' Daily Telegraph. 'Breathtaking ... A truly haunting glimpse into a mysterious shadow world' New York Times. 'Impressive ... The characters are strong and Venice is a magnificent backdrop for a story of secrets and lies' Daily Mail. 'A cracking, upmarket thriller ... A rare entertainment for the thinking deckchair reader' Saga Magazine.

A conspiracy thriller set in Venice from the author of The Girl Before

The Abduction

He died in the darkness, surrounded by friends. They found him at sunrise, on Venice's most popular beach. His throat had been cut, his tongue removed. Captain Kat Tapo suspects a ritual murder with Masonic roots. The brotherhood won't give up its secrets to a policewoman - but Kat won't give up the hunt. She'll use all the allies she has: friends, lovers, hackers, spies. But shocking truths about the case are about to come to light. And when they do, it will be a race against time to unlock the secrets of Italy's past - before Venice itself starts to burn... Want to know Italy's secret history? You'll find answers at Carnivia.com

Absolution

The Abduction is the heart-pounding, adrenaline-fuelled follow up to Jonathan Holt’s highly acclaimed international thriller The Abomination—a modern tale of mystery, treachery, and intrigue that moves between the physical and virtual worlds of Venice, Italy, blurring the boundary between dark fantasy and terrifying reality. An unlikely trio must form an alliance to save a kidnapped young girl and untangle a nefarious plot that reaches back decades. Second Lieutenant Holly Boland is an intelligence analyst trained to look for clues ordinary investigators miss. When a U.S. army officer’s daughter is kidnapped from an American base in Venice, Holly is sure that the mysterious abductors want more than a ransom. Venetian police captain Kat Tapo has found a webcam feed embedded in the encrypted website Carnivia.com, a virtual Venice. It streams video of a terrified teenage girl, hooded and tied to a chair. A strand of text scrolls across the screen: “Sensory deprivation is not torture.” Is the girl the missing daughter of the American military officer? Who is behind the cryptic message? Daniele Barbo, the genius webmaster and creator of Carnivia, has never let the government access his servers, and finding the missing girl is not his problem. But then secrets from Italy’s dark wartime past begin to surface—revelations that could put them all in danger. To save his own skin, Daniel must decide how far he’s willing to let them in. In a race against time, Holly, Kat, and Daniel must find the shocking truth . . . or watch as more than one innocent life is sacrificed.

«Straordinario.» New York Times Il terzo episodio del fenomeno internazionale Carnivia Trilogy Un grande thriller Dall'autore del bestseller Sconsacrato È un torrido mattino d’agosto a Venezia. All’alba, sulla spiaggia ancora deserta del Lido, è stato ritrovato il cadavere di un uomo, riverso, con la gola tagliata e la lingua strappata. Non c’è nessun altro indizio e nessun testimone. Viste le orribili mutilazioni, il capitano Caterina Taddei sospetta un omicidio rituale, legato alla massoneria. Di certo nessuno è disposto a rivelare certi segreti tanto facilmente, ma Cate non si arrenderà e userà anzi tutte le sue risorse per venirne a capo: amici, amanti, spie... Holly Bolland e Daniele Barbo, intanto, stanno seguendo altre piste, sulla natura del coinvolgimento della CIA in Italia, su Carnivia e su un misterioso hacker legato alla jihad islamica, che sta per sferrare un attacco senza precedenti... E mentre le indagini di Cate, Holly e Daniele vanno confluendo verso un’unica soluzione, il conto alla rovescia finale è cominciato. Un thriller inarrestabile Un successo da 100.000 copie Tradotto in 16 lingue «Magnifico.» Daily Mail «Straordinario.» New York Times «Eccezionale.» Literary Review Jonathan HoltDocente di Letteratura inglese a Oxford, è ora il direttore creativo di un’agenzia di pubblicità. Il suo romanzo d’esordio, Sconsacrato, è stato pubblicato dalla Newton Compton ed è stato al primo posto della classifica italiana per settimane. Un successo internazionale (tradotto in 16 Paesi) e presto bissato da Profanato, secondo volume della Carnivia Trilogy, ora completata da Giustiziato.

Giustiziato

EDIZIONE SPECIALE: CONTIENE UN ESTRATTO DI PROFANATO Un bestseller internazionale Oltre 60.000 copie in Italia Carnivia Trilogy A Venezia è la notte della Befana. Sui gradini della chiesa di Santa Maria della Salute regna un silenzio di tomba. Un cadavere è affiorato dal Canal Grande: una donna, con indosso le vesti di un sacerdote. Una tremenda profanazione, un abominio. È la prima volta che il capitano dei carabinieri di Venezia, la giovane e ambiziosa Caterina Taddei, affronta un caso di omicidio. L’indagine la condurrà tra i vicoli e i labirinti di Venezia, fino a un ospedale psichiatrico abbandonato sull’isola deserta di Poveglia e infine alla scoperta di un misterioso sito web criptato: Carnivia. com, che racchiude e diffonde i più oscuri segreti della città. Lungo la strada Caterina si imbatterà in due strani ma fondamentali personaggi, il sottotenente Holly Boland, una giovane donna soldato dell’esercito degli Stati Uniti cresciuta in Italia, e Daniele Barbo, un hacker di nobili origini intelligente e schivo, creatore proprio di Carnivia.com. All’improvviso però le tracce si perdono nel passato: nessuna prova certa, solo qualche indizio, che fa pensare a un’antica cospirazione in cui sono coinvolti la Chiesa, la cia e il crimine organizzato. Ma Caterina sa bene che i vecchi crimini devono essere puniti tanto quanto quelli nuovi. Altrimenti, inevitabilmente, sono destinati a ripetersi... Carnivia Trilogy Milioni di copie vendute nel mondo Tradotto in 16 lingue «Un grande thriller che ha tutti gli ingredienti del successo: trama mozzafiato, suspence, scrittura ad alta tensione, mistero.» Il Giornale «Un romanzo graffiante, che pizzica le coscienze e che fa riflettere. A fronte di una ben oliata successione di avvenimenti che, pur attingendo alla fantasia, per la maggior parte affondano le radici in fatti reali.» Mauro Castelli «Jonathan Holt ha partorito una trilogia benedetta subito come fenomeno editoriale.» La Gazzetta dello Sport Quale segreto scorre nei sotterranei di Venezia?Jonathan HoltDocente di letteratura inglese a Oxford, è ora il direttore creativo di un’agenzia di pubblicità. Il suo romanzo d’esordio, Sconsacrato, è stato pubblicato dalla Newton Compton ed è stato al primo posto della classifica italiana per settimane.

The Carnivia Trilogy 3. The Absolution

On the heels of the international bestseller The Abomination comes the even more heart-hammering, adrenalin-fuelled second instalment of the Carnivia Trilogy The spy: Intelligence analyst Holly Boland is trained to think differently, so when a U.S. army officer’s daughter is kidnapped from a military base in Venice, Holly is sure the abductors want more than a ransom. The policewoman: Captain Kat Tapo has found a webcam feed embedded in the encrypted website Carnivia.com. It shows a terrified teenage girl, hooded and tied to a chair. A strand of text scrolls across the screen: “Sensory deprivation is not torture.” The webmaster: Daniele Barbo, creator of Carnivia, has never let the government access his servers. Why would he help Kat and Holly find the missing girl? But then secrets are unearthed from Italy’s dark wartime past. Secrets that could put them all in danger . . . The Abduction has begun.

Fremde. Feinde. Freunde. Traue keinem ... Der Mann, der am Strand von Venedig tot aufgefunden wurde, starb durch einen Stich ins Herz. Anschließend wurde er grausam verstümmelt, und alles deutet auf einen Ritualmord durch Freimaurer hin. Zum ersten Mal ermittelt Capitano Katerina Tapo eigenverantwortlich in einem Mordfall, doch die mächtigen Männer der Loge weigern sich, sie zu unterstützen, sorgen sogar dafür, dass sie von dem Fall abgezogen wird. Kat recherchiert auf eigene Faust weiter – und stößt auf eine politische Verschwörung, die selbst vor Terrorismus nicht zurückschreckt.

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