The Anonymous Venetian Av Donna Leon

<p><b>The Italian detective Commissario Brunetti has to cut short his holiday as he takes on another tantalizing case in Donna Leon''s </b><b><i>The Anonymous Venetian</i>, an atmospheric murder mystery filled with the sights and sounds of Venice.</b><br><br>Commissario Brunetti''s hopes of a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera – a body so badly beaten the face is unrecognizable.<br><br>Brunetti searches Venice for someone who can identify the dead man. But he is met with a wall of silence.<br><br>Then he receives a telephone call from a contact who promises some intriguing information. And before the night is out Brunetti is confronting yet another appalling and apparently senseless death . . .<br><br><b>The third novel in the Commissario Brunetti Venetian crime series, which also includes <i>Acqua Alta</i> and <i>So Shall You Reap</i>.<br><br>''A splendid series . . . with a backdrop of the city so vivid you can almost smell it'' – <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b></p>