Living in exile in Venice, the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city.
But when he is associated with the deaths of local women, found with wounds to their throats, and then a novel called The Vampyre is published under his name, rumours begin to spread that Byron may be the murderer.
As events escalate and tensions rise – and his own life is endangered, as well as those he holds most dear – Byron is forced to play detective, to discover who is really behind these heinous crimes.
Meanwhile, the scandals of his own infamous past come back to haunt him…
Dangerous by Essie Fox is published in paperback on 9 April, 2026.
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