A hand emerging from the Venetian lagoon sets Brunetti off on a new investigation: the cast includes a palazzo, an academic, Buddhism and the Tamil Tigers...
From New Jersey she went to Iran, where she abandoned her PhD on Jane Austen while fleeing the 1979 Revolution; then China and Saudi Arabia, before settling in Venice. There she began lookin... read more
The 30th outing for the tireless Brunetti: joy-riders in the Venetian lagoon are linked to more sinister doings... as usual, the glittering surface masks murky depths