"Fruitily atmospheric as a crumbling necropolis with a startling (and hauntingly ambiguous) finale." –The Guardian
"Vigorous and amusing. . .Dibdin convincingly creates the cosmopolitan society of nineteenth-century Florence." –Daily Telegraph
"Clever plotting, witty writing, and a well-judged display of historical background." –The Times (London)
"Dibdin has a gift for shocking the unshockable reader." –Ruth Rendell
