Daughter of Silence

Summary

From one of the 20th century's most acclaimed and popular authors.   At high noon on a hot summer’s day, a beautiful young woman shoots the mayor dead.   So begins a story of passion and betrayal in a quiet Tuscan village, leading to a sensational trial. The defence team, headed by the brilliant but unhappy Carlo Rienzi, uncovers a sinister conspiracy of silence that threatens to split the community.   Can Carlo persuade the judge to grant clemency in what appears to be an open-and-shut case? Can the law intervene in the brutal tradition of vendetta?   An international best seller, Daughter of Silence is a gripping novel with a masterful twist at the end.

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