Review: Thoroughly enjoyable atmospheric historical murder mystery.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
The title says it all, and true enough assassins' are at large within the City of Florence: capital City of Tuscany in the year of 1497.The novel is well-written, of a literary bent and, it is oft said `two's company and three's a crowd', and how true as three young Florentine bucks swagger and strut their stuff through the city streets hell-bent on a good time. In so doing they not only reveal a little about themselves, their observations and exclamations bring the atmosphere of the city to life. Swords drawn in passing duals they have each others' backs covered, and besides, Allessandro is Head of Security, Tomasso is his right-hand man, and Vittorio is borne of wealth and standing. Who can touch them and escape unscathed by the blade or the law?But, political and ecclesiastical intrigue is afoot, and friendships are sorely tested when the three young men are thus manipulated by turn of events and seemingly set one against the other. For if a traitor exists within their midst who can it be? With stench of betrayal on the wind, a ruling family dynasty is under dire threat from evil forces within the city's walls, and Florence is suddenly a treacherous place for the unwary: so too for the traitor. Murder in Mind is a thoroughly enjoyable atmospheric historical murder mystery.