David Bishop
D.V. (David) Bishop writes the award-winning Cesare Aldo mysteries set in Renaissance Italy, published by Pan Macmillan. These historical thrillers take place during the reign of Duke Cosimo de’ Medici when extraordinary artists and brilliant thinkers rubbed shoulders with backstabbing bankers and self-serving politicians. In the midst of this LGBTQ+ detective Cesare Aldo investigates murders for the city’s most feared criminal court, the Otto di Guardia e Balia. He enforces the law but his sexuality puts Aldo on the wrong side of the court. Can he deliver justice and, if so, at what cost?
CWA Awards
- CWA Gold Dagger – Longlisted
- CWA Historical Dagger - Winner
- CWA Historical Dagger - Longlisted
Other Awards
NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Novel – winner 2022; shortlisted 2023 & 2024
Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel – winner 2024; longlisted 2022, 2023
McIlvanney Prize – shortlisted 2024; longlist 2023
Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize – shortlisted 2021
Writes
Sub-genres
Books by David Bishop
The Darkest Sin
City of Vengeance
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