I wish that Comissario Guido Brunetti and Louise Penney's Inspector Armond Gamache could meet. I think they would be best friends and make a formidable crime-solving team!
When a body of Sgt. Michael Foster, an American solider stationed in in nearby Vicenza, is found floating in one of Venice's canals, the official verdict is that he was killed during a random mugging. Brunetti's obtrusive, social-climbing boss, Patti, is content with the finding and orders Guido to drop the case, but Brunetti doesn't feel that things add up and he surreptitiously continues the investigation without Patti's knowledge. Additional murders, cocaine, and additional skullduggery, all seemingly tied in somehow with local poilice and the American military, come to light as Brunetti obediently investigates an art theft. This one is a winner!
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