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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
About Face About Face Donna Leon The wonderful new Commissario Brunetti novel, from Sunday Times Bestselling author Donna LeonAt a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a … OL15132100W
A question of belief A question of belief Donna Leon Under the stifling summer sun, Venice is flooded with tourism. Commissario Guido Brunetti is planning the perfect mountain vacation where he can catch up on his reading. However, before he can go, an… OL15937008W
Drawing conclusions Drawing conclusions Donna Leon " Donna Leon's latest New York Times bestseller "is one of her best" (Booklist, starred review) Twenty years ago Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti and his creator, Donna Leon, first introduced re… OL16509671W
The demonologist The demonologist Andrew Pyper During a visit to Venice, Professor David Ullman--one of the world's leading authorities on demonic literature--witnesses a terror in a tiny attic room. Then his 12-year-old daughter Tess disappears … OL16700095W
There's a dolphin in the Grand Canal! There's a dolphin in the Grand Canal! John Bemelmans Marciano Luca, a young Italian boy, is bored until he meets a playful dolphin who takes him on a ride through the Venice waterways. OL19169284W
The temptation of forgiveness The temptation of forgiveness Donna Leon An accident involving the father of a boy suspected of doing drugs finds Commissario Guido Brunetti pursuing a series of false and contradictory leads before uncovering a long-standing scam and unlea… OL19732623W
The traitor The traitor Jonathan Holt He died in the darkness, surrounded by friends. They found him at sunrise, on Venice's most popular beach. His throat had been cut, his tongue removed. Captain Kat Tapo suspects a ritual murder with … OL20833212W
Stitch Stitch Richard Stern "Set against the splendor and the reality of Venice, Stitch is the story of the meeting between a group of Americans and a world-famous sculptor. Stitch, whose character presents a remarkable portrai… OL22823444W
Doctored Evidence Doctored Evidence Donna Leon When a miserly spinster is found brutally murdered in her Venice apartment, police immediately suspect her Romanian housekeeper. They are certain their job is done after the immigrant dies while flee… OL2914627W
The Mozart question The Mozart question Michael Morpurgo,Michael Foreman,Michael Foreman When cub reporter Lesley is sent to Venice to interview a world-renowned violinist, the journalist is told she can ask Paolo Levi anything about his life and career as a musician, but on no account m… OL42719W
Looking for Marco Looking for Marco Alan W. Armstrong Newbery Honor--winning author Alan Armstrong's latest book!Eleven-year-old Mark's anthropologist father has disappeared in the Gobi desert while tracing Marco Polo's ancient route from Venice to Chin… OL489792W
Vivaldi's Virgins Vivaldi's Virgins Barbara Quick In this enthralling new novel, Barbara Quick re-creates eighteenth-century Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. A story of longing and intrigue, half-told truths and toxic lies, Vivald… OL540337W
The noble fugitive The noble fugitive Janette Oke,T. Davis Bunn "Historical drama and romance set in Venice and the English countryside of the 1800s. Two lives become intertwined despite the burdens of their past. A place that once seemed only a dreaded detour be… OL547130W
Cruel music Cruel music Beverle Graves Myers Tito Amato returns from an operatic tour expecting to relax with his family. Instead he finds his merchant brother Alessandro imprisoned on a trumped-up smuggling charge, a capital crime in 1740 Veni… OL8977604W