The Vengeance of San Gennaro

By universal consensus theres only one exhibition worth seeing at this years Venice Biennale. Giuditta Cancellieris Il Timore di Dio six paintings of something as yet undisclosed. Dont bother buying tickets though. A court order means no ones getting in not even the artists closest associates. And the citys been filling with felons. Most observers dont think thats an accident: at least one rumour suggests the paintings depict Italys most powerful gangsters or its politicians in compromising positions. And there are more startling conjectures. Yet for all anyone really knows the six canvases may be completely blank. In any case Signorina Cancellieri is no ordinary artist. A 25-year-old AIDS-victim from one of the toughest districts of Naples shes also closely linked to one of MI7s oldest enemies Constantius Sopa.As the temperature rises to boiling point MI7 agent Gavin Freedman is dispatched from London to find out just what is going on.