Author: donnaleon

Book one in a beloved New York Times bestselling series! Follow commissario Guido Brunetti as he investigates the poisoning of a world-renowned conductor. A “deftly plotted and smoothly written” mystery (Kirkus Reviews) from an “undisputed crime fiction queen” (The Baltimore Sun).

“Outstanding” (The New York Times Book Review): Sleuthing Commissario Guido Brunetti finds an old friend beaten in a mansion just before a corpse is discovered in nearby waters. Can he solve this deadly case? “A high-stakes mystery in which the setting vibrates with as much life as the story itself” (Publishers Weekly).