Scherzo - Jim Williams

Set in Venice in the age of Voltaire, Casanova and Count Cagliostro, SCHERZO is a gripping tale of murder, mystery and deceit which explores the darker side of Venetian life as well as evoking the splendour of its glittering facade. Young Signor Ludovico is a castrato opera singer struggling to live at the edge of society where the Venetian nobility and the underworld meet. Together with a mysterious French philosopher, Monsieur Arouet, he finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the murder of a religious nobleman, the consequences of which will keep the reader hooked to the very end.