Brunetti investigates after a wealthy elderly woman is found brutally murdered in her Venetian apartment. As his wife reads about the seven deadly sins, Brunetti realizes that this is probably not a crime motivated by greed—rather, the motive may have more to do with the temptations of lust. But perhaps Brunetti is following a false trail and thinking of the wrong sin altogether. “Its subtlety and substance...makes us follow Brunetti wherever we must—even into the sea.” —The New York Times Book Review |