A short story featuring Giordano Bruno heretic philosopher & spy Perfect for fans of CJ Sansom Even the dead have a story to tell Naples 1566 During a sweltering summer eighteen-year-old Giordano Bruno takes his final vows at San Domenico Maggiore & is admitted to the Dominican Order
- despite doubts over his tendency to ask difficult questions Assisting in the infirmary Bruno witnesses an illicit autopsy performed on the body of a young woman Her corpse reveals a dark secret & Bruno suspects that hers may not have been an accidental death His investigation leads him to a powerful figure who wants to keep the truth buried
- & Bruno is forced to make a choice between his future in the Order & justice for an innocent victim & her grieving family