A most enjoyable sojourn exploring the convolutions of Venetian calles, bureaucracy and crime in the company of the cultured, well-connected and clever detective, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleagues.
The first mystery presents itself indirectly and historically, in that it happened fifteen years previously with tragic conseqences. I don't wish to give any spoilers away, so I will just say that, once again a lot of brilliant and patient untangling goes on, and there is potentially a happy ending. This book is almost as good as a trip to La Serenissima herself, a joy to read and a most agreeable return to Donna Leon's Venice.
