Blood Will Out

by Jill Downie

  Why is the Marchesa Vannoni in Guernsey? What is the significance of the design that appears on the daggers used as murder weapons, as well as on the Vannoni family crest? And what role does the marchesa’s statuesque niece, Giulia, who runs the family business, really play?

  A Grave Waiting

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  In St. Peter Port Harbour, on the Channel Island of Guernsey, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his partner, Detective Sergeant Liz Falla, are called in to investigate the shooting death of arms dealer Bernard Masterson on the Just Desserts, his luxury yacht. Why are Masterson, his glamorous partner in crime, Adèle Letourneau, and his thuggish bodyguard here on the island? And how are an ex-Folies Bergère dancer, a former espionage agent, and a wealthy sax-playing financier involved — or are they?

  With the knowledge that there’s nowhere to hide in a world now as small as his island, and not knowing whom to trust in a mystery involving money and international intrigue, Moretti goes to London in search of answers, returning to Guernsey for a violent showdown on the Just Desserts.

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  Copyright © Jill Downie, 2014

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  All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  Editor: Dominic Farrell

  Design: Jennifer Gallinger

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  Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

  Downie, Jill, author

  Blood will out : a Moretti and Falla mystery / Jill Downie.

  Issued in print and electronic formats.

  ISBN 978-1-4597-2320-7 (pbk.).--ISBN 978-1-4597-2321-4 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-4597-2322-1 (epub)

  I. Title.

  PS8557.O848B56 2014 C813’.54 C2013-908357-X C2013-908358-8

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