{"product_id":"9780802120281","title":"Donna Leon - Acqua Alta","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Donna Leon. Themes include Fiction, Mystery \u0026amp; Detective, Hard-Boiled, Police Procedural, International Crime \u0026amp; Mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Leon's fifth Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian Dotoressa Brett Lynch draws the contemporary Venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta, the torrential winter rains.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brett, an American who spearheaded a recent exhibition of Chinese pottery in Venice, lives with her lover, Flavia Petrelli, the reigning diva of La Scala. With his open mind and good sense, Brunetti finds himself more fazed by Flavia's breathtaking talent than by the nontraditional relationship between the two women. Brunetti's deliberate and humane investigation to uncover a motive for Brett's beating takes him to dark, wet corners of Venice and into a sinister web of art theft, fakery and base human desires.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Every fan's first-pick Brunetti novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Music and art mingle delightfully with murder and mayhem in the course of this very engaging story.\" --\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A subtle study of emotion and character... A sophisticated mystery.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58529083261302,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780802120281.jpg?v=1787576536","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780802120281","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}