jjares reviewed on 1/9/2018 + 3297 more book reviews

Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti novels are unconventional mysteries. This is the 19th such story of life in Venice. The author does a great job of conveying the sticky heat of August and the agony of 20 million tourists descending on such a small place as Venice.

This isn't my favorite Leon story but it is spellbinding in the unique study of Italian bureaucratic dishonesty versus citizens trying to eke out their lives.

It is important to read these novels close to the order in which they are written. Things happen in the family, and at the Questouri, that affect future stories.

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