Acqua Alta

The fifth novel in the highly popular Commissario Brunetti series

Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that Brett Lynch, a friend since a murder case at La Fenice, has suffered a savage beating.


The attack, in the beautiful palazzo home of Flavia Petrelli, reigning diva of La Scala, had come with a message: 'Don't keep that appointment with Dottor Semenzato.'


Then, with the storm clouds gathering fast over the city, a man's body is found . . .