The Florentine Dagger: A Novel for Amateur Detectives

Julien De Medici, a worldly playwright navigating the glittering theater scene of 1920s New York, finds his carefully constructed life shattered when his closest friend is found dead. As the city that never sleeps wraps its fog around him in suspicion, Julien must solve a murder that implicates the people he cares about most, including Victor Ballau's daughter, Florence, whose charms have always been as dangerous as they are irresistible. With the police closing in and the killer still walking Manhattan's shadowy streets, Julien transforms from observer to detective, piecing together clues hidden in the city's underground clubs, backstage whispers, and the shattered dreams of those left behind. But as he draws closer to truth, Julien discovers that some secrets were meant to stay buried, and that love can be as deadly as any Florentine blade.