Death at La Fenice

<p><strong>A gripping first mystery as beguiling and secretly sinister as Venice herself. Sparkling and irresistible. -- Rita Mae Brown</strong></p><p><strong>The first book in the internationally bestselling Guido Brunetti detective series in which a high society murder leads Guido to investigate the darker side of beautiful Venice.</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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. </p>