Death at La Fenice

There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his admirable abilities must come into play in the deadly affair of Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor who died painfully from cyanide poisoning during an intermission at La Fenice.

But as the investigation unfolds, a chilling picture slowly begins to take shape — a detailed portrait of revenge painted with vivid strokes of hatred and shocking depravity. And the dilemma for Guido Brunetti will not be finding a murder suspect, but rather narrowing the choices down to one... .

• Author
• Donna Leon

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 270

• Series
• Commissario Brunetti

• Publisher
• Harper Perennial

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-06-074068-9

• EAN
• 9780060740689

• Characters
• Commissario Guido Brunetti, Paola Brunetti, Helmut Wellauer, Deputy police chiefs Vice-Questore Patta, Flavia Petrelli

• Settings
• Venice

• Genres
• mystery, fiction, italy, crime, detective, thriller, music

• Release date
• 2004