Martin Shaw was supposed to be enjoying a vacation in Venice, Italy, but when he witnesses the murder of a poor street vendor, he finds himself suspected by the Italian authorities. To his horror, Martin soon discovers the vast and shadowy underworld of Venice that is controlled by the unseen Marocchini, the ubiquitous Pescaria, the omnipresent Gondolieri, and the ever-growing criminal element of the City of the Smiling Lion. One cannot hide in Venice for long, and for a tourist, it is all but impossible. Martin was sure that he would die, either at the hands of the psychopathic killer who was hunting him, in an Italian prison for a crime he did not commit, or from the cruel elements and unrelenting tides of the Venetian winter… Available by title at www.Amazon.com & www.BarnesandNoble.com