Acqua Alta (Guido Brunetti Series #5)

"Smuggling, sexual betrayal, high-class fakery and, of course, mafia money make for a rich brew."—The Sunday Times (UK)

In “every fan’s first-pick Brunetti novel” (The New Yorker), the brutal beating of a renowned art historian draws the Venetian detective into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta—the torrential winter rains

As Venice braces for the onslaught of a stormy tempest and rising waters from exceptionally high tides, Commissario Guido Brunetti is pulled from his warm bed to find that ...