Death in a Strange Country

The second Brunetti novel from award-winning crime writer Donna Leon. There is another mystery for Brunetti to unravel when a body is found in the Venetian canals and a robbery is not quite what it seems.

'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening Standard

When the body of a young man is pulled out of a fetid Venetia canal, all clues point to a violent mugging. But for Guido Brunetti, Commissario of the Venice Police, robbery seems altogether too convenient a motive. Then something very incriminating is discovered in the dead man's flat - something which points to the existence of a high-level conspiracy. But who could be going to such great lengths to provide a ready-made solution to the crime?

'The characters of Brunetti and his family continue to deepen throughout the series ' The Times

Der zweite Fall für Commissario Brunetti: Die aufgedunsene Leiche eines kräftigen jungen Mannes schwimmt in einem stinkenden Kanal in Venedig. Und zum Himmel stinken auch die Machenschaften, die sich hinter diesem Tod verbergen: Mafia, amerikanisches Militär und der italienische Machtapparat sind gleichermaßen verwickelt. Gibt es Verbindungen zur Drogenszene? Einen Giftmüllskandal? Eine harte Nuß für Brunetti, der sich aber nicht unterkriegen läßt . . .