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Available in paperback for the first time, the first book in the internationally bestselling Guido Brunetti detective series in which a high society murder leads the detective

Beautiful and serene Venice is a city almost devoid of crime. But that is little comfort to Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor whose intermission refreshment comes one night with a little something extra in it--cyanide. For Guido Brunetti, vice-commissario of police and genius detective, finding a suspect isn’t a problem; narrowing the large and unconventional group of enemies down to one is. As the suave and pithy Brunetti pieces together clues, a shocking picture of depravity and revenge emerges, leaving him torn between what is and what should be right--and questioning what the law can do, and what needs to be done.

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I thought this was a solid opening novel for a mystery series. I enjoyed the Venetian setting and the fact that the crime was connected to the opera world. Although I am not particularly a fan of opera, it added interest and color to the story. The glimpses we got of Brunetti's family life were fun, too. I'd like to continue on with the series.

Left in the pavilion.