Quietly, stealthily, Gianni Peroni slipped an old leather leash round the dog’s neck, then held it firmly, with affection.
“Let’s go,” he said.
About the Author
DAVID HEWSON is the author of seven novels. Formerly a weekly columnist for the Sunday Times, he lives in Kent, England, where he is at work on his next thriller, The Seventh Sacrament.
ALSO BY DAVID HEWSON
A Season for the Dead
The Villa of Mysteries
Lucifer’s Shadow
The Sacred Cut
THE LIZARD’S BITE
A Delacorte Book / November 2006
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2006 by David Hewson
Title page photograph by Khin Yee Teoh
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hewson, David
The lizard’s bite/David Hewson
p. cm.
1. Police—Italy—Venice—Fiction. 2. Venice (Italy)—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6058.E96 L59 2006 2006044479
823/.914 22
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