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The Alcehmist's Pursuit
The Alchemist's Pursuit (Venice Trilogy, Bk 3) (An Alchemist Novel)
The Alcehmist's Pursuit
Dave Duncan
Hampered by arthritis, Nostradamus is in no mood for granting favors or running about looking for trouble. But when his apprentice Alfeo's mistress asks him to investigate the murder of her beloved courtesan mentor-and promises a fortune in payment-he comes around. It appears that someone is murdering the courtesans of Venice. All were well-known, admired for their skills-and somehow connected by a sinister event involving one of the great families of the city. While Nostradamus attempts to use the dark arts to solve riddles which confound explanation, Alfeo finds himself led by a possibly demonic force through a maze of deceit and death. And when the master and apprentice come to the end of their intertwined paths, there may be hell to pay.
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Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Mystery

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
The Alcehmist's Pursuit review by MRhea_MCO
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MRhea_MCO

When several aging courtesans are found strangled to death in Venice, Alchemist Nostradamus and his young apprentice Alfeo are hired to find the brutal murderer. As time passes, more women are found dead and the search for the killer becomes more desperate. Nostradamus is battling painful arthritis, though, so it is Alfeo who must travel through Venice to ask questions of suspicious characters and witnesses. They are soon hired by the Michiel's to find the killer of their father, who just happened to have been killed over eight years ago.

Rating:
4
Content Rating:

Content rating - mature content
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