Death in a Strange Country -- Donna Leon

Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether too convenient. When something is discovered in the victim's apartment that suggests the existence of a high-level conspiracy, Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody is taking great pains to provide a ready-made solution to the crime. <p/>Rich with atmosphere and marvelous plotting, <i>Death in a Strange Country</i> is a superb novel in Donna Leon's chilling Venetian mystery series.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Donna Leon<br><b>Publisher:</b> Grove Press<br><b>Published:</b> 03/25/2014<br><b>Pages:</b> 272<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.80lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780802146021<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Donna Leon</b> is the author of the international best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series. The winner of the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, among other awards, Leon was born in New Jersey and has lived in Venice for thirty years.</p>