In Death at La Fenice, Donna Leon??s first novel in the Commissario Brunetti series, readers were introduced to the glamorous and cut-throat world of opera and to one of Italy??s finest living sopranos, Flavia Petrelli ?? then a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned German conductor. Now, many years after Brunetti cleared her name, […]
A body in the bank earns a different kind of interest. Respectable Venetians hardly notice the murder of a transvestite prostitue until the body is identified as the staid director of the Banca di Verona. While tongues wag over the scandal, only Guido Brunetti, the suave and sharp-eyed commisario of police, suspects foul play.
Someone is killing Italys prominent businessmen, and, at first glance, the murders appear unrelated. However, Venices most charming and tenacious detective, Vice-Commissario Guido Brunetti, suspects a fatal link. After mounting an unorthodox investigation, Brunetti uncovers a disturbing international web of exploitation run by Venices most influential citizens.
Beautiful and serene Venice is a city almost divoid of crime. But that is little comfort to Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor who is poisoned one night during intermission. As Guido Brunetti, vice-commissario of police and a genius of detection, pieces together the clues, a shocking picture of depravity and revenge emerges. HC: HarperCollins.