The 23rd novel in the series featuring Commissario Brunetti, set in Venice. When antiquarian books go missing from a prestigious Venetian library, matters are complicated when one of the suspects is found murdered in his home. Donna Leon was named by }The Times{ as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers When several valuable antiquarian books go missing from a prestigious library in the heart of Venice, Commissario Brunetti is immediately called to the scene. The staff suspect an American researcher has stolen them, but for Brunetti something doesn't quite add up.
