The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-knit community of the island, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders worthy of the Mafia.

Donna Leon lebt in Venedig, wo auch ihre Brunetti-Krimis angesiedelt sind. Dieses Mal gerät Polizeisekretärin Signorina Elettra in höchste Gefahr, als sie undercover auf einer kleinen Insel südlich des Lido ermittelt. Another detective novel by bestselling crime writer Donna Leon. Commissario Brunetti must unravel a mystery in the Venetian lagoon and Signorina Elettra goes undercover amongst the clam fishermen.

Donna Leon has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher . Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Through a Glass, Darkly, Suffer the Little Children, The Girl of His Dreams and, most recently, Drawing Conclusions.