Review: Another good story in the series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2013
"Cruel Music" takes place five years after "Painted Veil". Now an Uncle and a seasoned traveler, Tito has come home from a long tour just wanting to spend quiet time with his family. That's not to be, however, when his older brother is arrested for smuggling, and Tito is blackmailed into being a spy in order to save his life. The man he must spy against is a powerful man in Rome, a leader of the church, with secrets of his own.Tito is sent to Rome to deal with intrigue, politics and murder that's as dark as any of Venice's own.I like Tito and his family, and enjoy seeing them grow in their lives. Political intrigue isn't my favorite plot-line, but this one moves quickly and has a lot of things going on that keep Tito on toes. And it's not only his brother's life on the line if he can't solve the murder.