Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti #2)
Author: Donna Leon
Desc: Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether too convenient. When something is discovered in the victim’s apartment that suggests the existence of a high-level conspiracy Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody somewhere is taking great pains to provide a ready-made solution to the crime.