Death at La Fenice is the first in Donna Leon's excellent (IMO) Guido Brunetti mystery series set in Venice. Unfortunately, even the very very old backlist titles in this series are generally $10, and rarely go on sale, so be forewarned if you buy this one and get hooked. (However, in partial mitigation, lots of the titles in the series are available in ebook from all three of the libraries I belong to, so probably are available from many...)
Death at La Fenice has recently dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US, perhaps in connection with the publication a week or two ago of the latest in the series.
link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SIV41G/
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Death at La Fenice is the first novel in Donna Leon’s internationally best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series. During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, a notoriously difficult conductor is poisoned, and suspects abound. Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine play a role. The novel that started it all, Death at La Fenice is an entrancing mystery, rich in atmosphere.
“Few detective writers create so vivid, inclusive and convincing a narrative as Donna Leon, the expatriate American with the Venetian heart. . . . One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever.” — The Washington Post
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