Commissario Guido Brunetti is awakened at 5 a.m. by a call about a body floating in one of the Venetian canals. The body is that of an American soldier stationed at the base in Vincenza. Once jurisdiction issues are worked out, Brunetti is in charge of the investigation. His boss wants the case closed quickly and keeps insisting it was just a mugging but Brunetti keeps finding more evidence pointing in a different direction. When an army doctor dies of a supposed overdose, Brunetti knows there are other forces at work that are being covered up by the military. A second crime, the art theft & assault at a wealthy industrialist's palazzo points to a repeat offender Brunetti send to prison in the past. In the end, Brunetti is angered by the miscarriage of justice perpetrated by his bosses and the military officials but vigilante justice from an unexpected source and some quiet assistance from his father-in-law, Count Falier, puts him in a much better mood. I am enjoying this series and plan to continue reading it.
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