Through a Glass, Darkly: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti and Inspector Vianello play hooky to help get Vianello's friend Marco Ribetti-an environmental activist arrested during a protest against toxic waste being dumped into the city's waters-released from prison. But on the steps of the police headquarters, they come face-to-face with Ribetti's cantankerous father-in-law, who has been overheard making threats against Ribetti. And when the body of a night watchman is at the father-in-...