The Abomination: The Carnivia Trilogy

Jonathan Holt read English at Oxford, and is now the creative director of an advertising agency. He has travelled widely in Italy, where he fell in love with its language, food and people. The first novel in the Carnivia Trilogy, THE ABOMINATION, was an international bestseller and was translated into fourteen languages. Jonathan lives in London.

'The characters are strong, Venice is a magnificent backdrop and it has an arresting opening ... impressive' Daily Mail. 'Jonathan Holt blasts on to the thriller scene with a high voltage, all bets are off, cracker' Crimesquad. 'AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!! ... If you are a fan of Dan Brown this is certainly for you ... to say it's a page turner is an understatement! The only problem now is waiting for the next book in the trilogy!' Sam Lewis for Lovereading.co.uk. '[A] diverting debut ... Holt captures the allure of Venice and its creative cyber-counterpart, and creates two forceful [...] protagonists in Kat and Holly. The author gets carried away by throwing mystery on top of mystery, but, well, that's part of the fun' Publishers Weekly. 'It's rare to find a genuinely thrilling thriller that is also an illuminating portrait of a particular world, with characters as believable as any real-life acquaintance. The Abomination is a terrific book by any standard; as a first novel it is outstanding' Literary Review. 'This cracking upmarket thriller is the first in a trilogy ... a stonking conspiracy ... I loved the way this writer doesn't take his readers for fools; a rare entertainment for the thinking deckchair reader' Saga magazine.

'AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!! Is the only way I can describe this book! It had me completely gripped till the early hours before sleep forced me to stop reading. If you are a fan of Dan Brown this is certainly for you. The story is set mainly in Venice, Italy although it spans across to the USA and Croatia. Two officers meet on a crime that initially seems quite straight forward until it unravels and escalates into an international network involving many issues such as, prostitution, war crimes, and drug lords. Two women in particular who initially hit it off on the wrong foot find themselves combining their efforts in a dangerous attempt to uncover the truth behind many interlinked secrets. Kat Tapo is assigned a murder case working with Detective Colonel Aldo Piola of the Carabinieri, one of the largest Police Forces in Italy, and answer to the Ministry of Defence. Alongside him they start to realise that there may be more to the murder than anticipated and soon it becomes clear that it is a small part of an intricate web of crime than not only spans space and time, but also involves many different members of society many of whom are in highly regarded positions. This book was brilliant; to say it's a page turner is an understatement! The only problem now is waiting for the next book in the trilogy!' Sam Lewis for Lovereading.co.uk.

'The characters are strong, Venice is a magnificent backdrop and it has an arresting opening ... impressive' Daily Mail. 'Jonathan Holt blasts on to the thriller scene with a high voltage, all bets are off, cracker' Crimesquad. 'If you are a fan of Dan Brown this is certainly for you. This book was brilliant; to say it's a page turner is an understatement! The only problem now is waiting for the next book in the trilogy!' Sam Lewis for Lovereading.co.uk.