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The Bishop's Bedroom

By: Piero Chiara, Jill Foulston
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Summer 1946. World War Two has just come to an end and there’s a yearning for renewal. A man in his 30s is sailing on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, hoping to put off the inevitable return to work. Dropping anchor in a small, fashionable port, he meets the enigmatic owner of a nearby villa who invites him home for dinner with his older wife and beautiful widowed sister-in-law.

The sailor is intrigued by the elegant waterside mansion, staffed with servants and imbued with mystery, and stays in a guest room previously occupied by a now deceased bishop related to his host. The two men form an uneasy bond, recognizing in each other a shared taste for idling and erotic adventure. They soon set sail together, encountering old flames and making new conquests. But tragedy puts an abrupt halt to their revels and shatters the tranquility of the villa. What really happened on the dock? And who was the figure glimpsed cycling around the shore in the dark?

A sultry, stylish psychological thriller executed with supreme literary finesse.

©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Mystery Psychological Thriller & Suspense Sailing Suspense
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...to be honest a little inconsequential. That’s not to say that it isn’t still resonating in my mind but I couldn’t help but feel a twist or two wouldn’t have added to the story. That said, the counter argument presumably is more about whether or not this story reflects real life, which I would suggest it probably does.
So without a doubt well-written but I just feel a little short-changed as my reason for buying was that it was Foyles book of the month, which I feel is perhaps too high an accolade.
But no doubt I have missed the point altogether...!

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