As the first leaves of autumn begin to fall, Vice Questore Patta asks Brunetti to look into a minor violation committed by the mayor's future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass political favors, but he...

In the sixth book featuring Donna Leon's ever-charming and sympathetic protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who has had five patients unexpectedly die and decides to leave her convent....

Commissario Guido Brunetti's hopes for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera. Brunetti searches Venice for someone who can identify the corpse but is met with a...

The body of a young American serviceman is found floating in the canal by the Basilica of San Giovanni e Paolo. Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice police investigates

On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano. The dead man had been working as a vu cumpra, one of the many African immigrants purveying goods outside normal shop hours...

As Venice braces for a winter storm, the Italian sleuth Commissario Guido Brunetti finds out that an old friend has been savagely beaten at the palazzo home of a reigning diva. Then, as flood waters rise, a corpse is discovered....

When Brunetti investigates the murder of two local fishermen on the island of Pellestrina, the small community closes ranks, forcing him to accept Signorina Elettra's offer to visit her relatives there to search for clues. Though loyal...