Death at La Fenice

Synopsis

Pre-order the next instalment in donna leon's commissario brunetti series, a refiner's fire, now. Available july 2024. 'a splendid series. With a backdrop of the city so vivid you can almost smell it. ' the sunday telegraphwinner of the suntory mystery fiction grand prize the twisted maze of venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Even the celebrated opera house, la fenice, has seen its share of death. But none so horrific and violent as that of world-famous conductor, maestro helmut wellauer, who was poisoned during a performance of la traviata.