Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Venice - and discover twice the city in half the time!Discover Venice's most popular experiences, must-see attractions, and unexpected surprises - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - with our handy-sized Pocket travel guide. From admiring the architectural ensemble of Piazza San Marco, to shopping for vintage treasures...

Book Seven in the bestselling Writer's Apprentice series follows Lena and Sam to their honeymoon on a far-flung island in the Adriatic Sea. The scenery is idyllic, and the newly-married couple are happily in love. Yet a darkness lurks in their peaceful resort, and they are drawn in to a tragic event and the aftermath of a man's mysterious death. While trying to make sense of the crisis, they encounter a mega-millionaire, an eccentric old man, and a beautiful Instagram star.The narr...

An aspiring suspense novelist lands in the middle of a real crime in the first Writer's Apprentice mystery.Lena London's literary dreams are coming true—as long as she can avoid any real-life villains...Camilla Graham’s bestselling suspense novels inspired Lena London to become a writer, so when she lands a job as Camilla’s new assistant, she can’t believe her luck. Not only will she help her idol craft an enchanting new mystery, she’ll get to live...

Hana Keller serves up European-style cakes and teas in her family-owned tea house, but when a customer keels over from a poisoned cuppa, Hana and her tea-leaf reading grandmother will have to help catch a killer in the first Hungarian Tea House Mystery from Julia Buckley.Hana Keller and her family run Maggie's Tea House, an establishment heavily influenced by the family's Hungarian heritage and specializing in a European-style traditional tea service. But one of th...

In this fourth Hungarian Tea House mystery, Hana and her family brave a cold spring night to watch an outdoor theater presentation called "Entering the Fairy Wood." Produced by her friend Henrik Sipos and his Hungarian-American society, the event promises a series of stunning tableaus that will give life to famous Hungarian folklore. During the show, something goes wrong, and it is soon apparent that the tragic fairy tale has dissolved into a real tragedy. Hana's boyfriend, Erik Wolf, take...

In this second installment of the Shakespeare's Bookshop series, Quinn and Eric, proprietors of The Shakespeare Shop, are back and planning a Halloween party. In the week before the event, however, three unexpected things happen: a local collector claims to have a manuscript written in Shakespeare's own hand; that same collector is murdered; and William Shakespeare's ghost returns to the shop well in advance of his planned Christmas visit. Once again, Shakespeare senses that evil is afoot,...

Two proprietors of a Shakespeare-based book and gift shop receive a communication from Shakespeare himself, now a ghostly spirit, but still as soulful and literary as always. Shakespeare's ghost has arrived, not only because he is celebrated in this little shop, but because he has sensed that a murder has been committed in his name. He teams up with the awe-struck bookshop owners to get to the bottom of the mystery. In the process of detecting, they unmassk a murderer and become friends.

English teacher Theodora "Teddy" Thurber is shocked to find out that a former student of hers--a bright and beautiful young woman named Jessica Halliday--has been murdered. Soon afterward, Teddy discovers some cryptic messages that Jessica left for her, and she begins to try to follow the trail in order to find the truth about her former student's death. In the process she must delve into the literature that Jessica loved best, since it is from these literary masterpieces that Jessica has ...

First in a delicious new mystery series filled with casseroles, confidences, and killers...Lilah Drake’s Covered Dish business discreetly provides the residents of Pine Haven, Illinois, with delicious, fresh-cooked meals they can claim they cooked themselves. But when one of her clandestine concoctions is used to poison a local woman, Lilah finds herself in a pot-load of trouble…After dreaming for years of owning her own catering company, Lilah has...

Hana Keller is enjoying a day off from serving up tea and delicious pastries at her family's Hungarian Tea House when her downtime turns deadly....The only thing Hana loves more than a good cuppa is finding a delicate porcelain treasure to add to her collection. She's usually on the hunt for teacups but when she spots a rare wolf figurine at a local yard sale, she knows it's her lucky day. Hana also knows the wolf is valuable and tells the seller that he's charging...

From the author of The Big Chili comes her latest mystery about caterer and cook Lilah Drake who is up to her elbows in deadly trouble during the Christmas holidays...The Christmas holidays are one of Lilah’s favorite times of the year, filled with friends, family, and, of course, tons of food orders for her covered dish clients. But Lilah’s Yuletide cheer ends when she sees a most Grinch-like crime: the murder of a Santa in a school parking lot.It...

An aspiring suspense author finds herself writing mysteries by day and solving them by night in the second Writer’s Apprentice Mystery by the author of A Dark and Stormy Murder and the Undercover Dish Mysteries.In the quaint town of Blue Lake, Indiana, Lena London is settling into her dream job, but someone is making her life a nightmare…Things are beginning to go right for Lena. She’s got a new job assisting suspense novelist and friend, ...