"BRunetti is investigating a cold case by request of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui, a friend of Brunetti's mother-in-law. fifteen years aago the Contessa's teenage granddaughter, Manuela, was found drowning in a canal. she was rescued at the last moment, but in many ways it was too late; she suffered severe brain damage and her life was never the same again.

The Contessa, unconvinced that this was an accident, implores Brunetti to find the culprit she believes was responsible for ruining Manuela's life.

Left on the Bookswap shelf at the top of the ramp from the Town Square to the Shopping Mall

I have enjoyed many of the Brunetti series but I think these later ones are not a good as the first 15 or so - neither prose nor story. Thanks anyway to the donor.