Miss Garnet's angel - Salley Vickers

When her friend Harriet dies, Julia Garnet seeks solace in an impromptu visit to Venice, where a lifetime of caution is challenged. In this city of evocative beauty she encounters paintings telling the ancient story of Tobias, who journeys to find love, unaware that his companion is the Archangel Raphael. As Julia Garnet unravels the mysterious story’s history, her own life is thrown into question as sorrow and joy intertwine and, like the shifting light of Venice, nothing, it is revealed, is quite what it seems.