TERROR IN VENICE

About the Book

Living alone in Paris at the end of a love affair, Julie Rubempre receives a strange phone call one evening from a woman claiming that a Mr. Faranacci had heard of her work at the American Express and was in immediate need of a new secretary.

However, when she appears for an interview the next day, she is told no one from that office has any knowledge of the call which has summoned her. Angered, she is about to leave when Faranacci, himself, agrees to give her a chance.

It is not long before Julie succumbs to the appeal of her lavishly wealthy, sensually attractive new boss. And it is not long before he asks her to marry him. As if in a dream, Julie finds herself blissfully in love and entering his splendid Venetian palazzo. But no sooner has she passed through the magnificent marble entrance hall when she discovers the first clue to the consuming horror she is about to experience. It is an urgent cablegram from her former lover and close friend:

DO NOT MARRY DANILO FARANACCI. HE WILL PLOT YOUR DEATH AS HE PLOTTED YOUR MARRIAGE. LETTER WILL FOLLOW.
-ERIC

About the Author

TERROR IN VENICE is Paul Rosner?s fifth novel. The others are THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN, THE TALKING ONION, NIGHT TRAIN TO RANGOON and MURDER IN MEXICO. As a lyricist, his web site LOVE SONGS TO REMEMBER (along with its mirror site, LOVE SONGS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN LOVE MORE THAN ONCE) is by far the most popular original poetry site on the Internet. In addition, he has eight complete book musicals, one opera, one adaptation and four plays on the WWW. You can contact him at paulmark87@hotmail.com.