Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti Book 5)
<b>“A dramatic and deeply satisfying climax . . . a high-stakes mystery in which the setting vibrates with as much life as the story itself.” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br />  <br /> As Venice braces for a winter tempest, intrepid Italian sleuth Commissario Guido Brunetti finds out that an archaeologist and old friend has been savagely beaten at the palazzo home of opera singer Flavia Petrelli.<br />  <br /> Then, as the floodwaters rise, the corpse of a museum director is discovered—and Brunetti must wade through the chaotic city to solve his deadliest case yet.<br />  <br /> “An evocative peep into the dark underworld of the beauteous city.” —<i>Time Out London</i><br />  <br /> “A superb police detective.” —<i>Library Journal</i><br />  <br /><i>Also published under the title</i> Death in High Water