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A game of cross and double-cross in Venice, one of the most beautiful cities on earth. From his office on the Street of the Assassins, Nathan Sutherland enjoys a steady but unexciting life translating Italian DIY manuals. All this changes dramatically when he is offered a large sum of money to look after a small package containing an extremely valuable antique prayer book illustrated by a Venetian master. But is it a stolen masterpiece - or a brilliant fake?

Venice, June 2020. The city has returned to the Venetians during a merciful pause in the Covid pandemic, and few overseas visitors are to be seen. Yet Dominic Vicari, a British private investigator haunted by loss, has travelled across Europe to the tiny island of San Francesco del Deserto. The ancient monastery there, it is said, was founded by St Francis himself in the 13th century. Its population now consists of five Franciscan brothers and three pilgrims on retreat. Or, rather, two pilgrims and a dead man.

It's the night of 12th November 2019. The worst flooding in 50 years hits the city of Venice. 85 per cent of La Serenissima is underwater. Gale force winds roar across the lagoon and along the narrow streets. And the body of Dr Jennifer Whiteread—a young British art historian, specialising in the depiction of angels in Venetian painting—is found floating in a flooded antique bookshop on the Street of the Assassins. As the local police struggle to restore order to a city on its knees, Nathan Sutherland sets out into the dark streets in an attempt to discover the truth.

Holmes and Watson's exploits during the Great Hiatus are revealed in a series of short stories and novellas. These adventures include how they separately helped stop the Moriarities from starting a world war and using a legendary stone to destroy London....

Listeners are transported to the historical town of Shrewsbury. The Lion Hotel provides the setting for a story in which a detective’s daughter is wrongly accused of a crime. One might have expected her father, Inspector Horace no less, to have easily been able to prove her innocence, but things never quite work out that way when you are a teenager. Fortunately, Florence is quite capable of remaining one step ahead of her father and the hotel staff.

A collection of hundreds of Sherlock Holmes puns amassed over decades and stolen from a host of sources. The wordplay may be familiar, but the settings and characters are all original to the sources cited. The puns that have made it into the book are all Sherlockian narratives. Each is a tale describing events featuring Holmes characters, not simply a comment or an observation. We warn traditional Holmes fans up front, you will be annoyed and offended. If you are not, then the authors simply have not found your particular hangup - yet.

Als britischer Honorarkonsul in Venedig ist Nathan Sutherland zur Biennale geladen. Die Chance auf Trubel und Prosecco lässt er sich nicht entgehen. Doch während Nathan durch die Ausstellungsräume schlendert und sich über moderne Kunst wundert, kommt es zu einem dramatischen Vorfall: Ein Kunstkritiker wird von der Glaskonstruktion eines britischen Künstlers enthauptet. Unfall oder Mordkomplott? In der Tasche des Opfers findet sich eine Postkarte mit einem Kunstwerk von Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith enthauptet Holofernes.

A game of blackmail and betrayal is played among the backstreets and canals of Venice.... Carnevale is in full swing, the streets and waterways of Venice are crowded with masked revellers and Nathan Sutherland's birthday is about to be ruined. A night at the opera at La Fenice is always a memorable experience - and this time it will be so for all the wrong reasons as the curtain call is interrupted by a fatal stabbing. But why is the dead man carrying one of Nathan's business cards in his wallet?

Murder is the deadliest art...An invitation to an exclusive event during the Venetian Biennale gives Honorary Consul Nathan Sutherland the perfect chance to drink prosecco in the sunshine and meet some of the greats of the art world. And then a world-famous critic is decapitated by one of the installations in the British Pavilion. A terrible accident, it seems, until a postcard is discovered in the victim's pocket: an image of Judith beheading Holofernes.

A dark road. A lonely man. Why do all the signs point to hell? Jump in. This short story will take you on the most chilling ride of your life.

James Baldwin reading from Another Country and Giovanni's Room; WIlliam Styron reading from Lie Down in Darkness; James Jones reading from From Here to Eternity; and Philip Roth reading from Letting Go.

Als britischer Ehrenkonsul in Venedig hat Nathan Sutherland nicht gerade den aufregendsten Job der Welt: Er schlägt sich mit verlorenen Pässen und Wegbeschreibungen herum. Gesellschaft leisten ihm seine grantige Katze und das Porträt Ihrer Majestät. Daneben genießt er das venezianische Leben: Aperol am Canale, Tramezzini in der Trattoria. Dann geschieht etwas Unvorhergesehenes: Ein Unbekannter spielt Nathan ein Päckchen zu: ein Buch mit augenscheinlich originalen Illustrationen des Künstlers Giovanni Bellini aus dem 15. Jahrhundert.

Newlyweds Nathan Sutherland and Federica Ravagnan are looking forward to weeks of sunshine and relaxation on the island of Pellestrina, in a cottage belonging to Federica's late father, Elio. The weather is idyllic, the views across the lagoon are spectacular and the seafood is the best in Venice. But when the body of an eminent Venetian lawyer is dredged up by a fishing boat, members of the close-knit island community start to take an unhealthy interest in the two honeymooners, and whispers and rumours begin to circulate about Elio's association with a recently-deceased gang boss.

On the Day of the Dead, the citizens of Venice make their way to the cemetery island of San Michele to pay their respects to the departed. When an empty coffin is unearthed in the English section of the graveyard, a day of quiet reflection for Nathan Sutherland becomes a journey into the dark past of a noble Venetian family. A British journalist, investigating the events of 40 years previously, disappears. A young tourist - with an unhealthy interest in Venice's abandoned islands- is found drowned in the icy lagoon. A terrible secret is about to be brought to light.

Der Karneval in Venedig ist in vollem Gange. Doch anstatt sich der ausgelassenen Menge anzuschließen, feiert Nathan Sutherland, britischer Honorarkonsul in Venedig, seinen Geburtstag lieber im La Fenice. Ein Abend in einem der berühmtesten Opernhäuser der Welt ist immer ein Ereignis. Diesmal allerdings aus den falschen Gründen: Ein Opernbesucher wird während der Aufführung erstochen. Warum trägt der Tote eine von Nathans Visitenkarten in seinem Portemonnaie? Das Geheimnis um den ermordeten Fremden bringt Nathan auf die Spur einer verschollenen Oper von Monteverdi.

Hello and welcome to the Chef Tales podcast. A little introduction. I’m a chef and live on the south coast of England. I’ve been working in kitchens since i was twelve years old. I love the trade. I started the podcast just before the first lockdown. These podcasts are stories that have happened in professional kitchens. Some are funny, some are not and some are just plain stupid. I also talk a little about what I’ve been up to, current events and the odd joke thrown in. Oh and on the odd occasion I like to write a few songs lol. Any questions are greatly appreciated.

A Second Chance is hosted by Philip Jones Jr (Los Angeles, Ca) and Tifiro Cook (Tampa Bay, Florida) Our show highlights people and their story of fighting to make it in life and how they got their Second Chance. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asecondchance/support

Battered by floods and crushed by overtourism, the city of Venice faces an uncertain future. The election of a new Mayor, therefore, has never felt more important. As the candidates jostle for position and alliances are made and promises broken, Andrea Mazzon, a controversial writer and historian, emerges as a strong candidate. Nathan Sutherland, meanwhile, has more important things on his mind as he investigates the case of an elderly British academic who has disappeared whilst researching the fate of his grandfather during the Great War.