A stand-alone novel from the author of the crime series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, now available in paperback. It follows a young Venetian musicologist who has been hired to find the truthful heir to an alleged treasure devised by a once famous but now forgotten baroque composer, and who finds herself drawn into one of the most scandalous affairs of the era.

Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna's books have been translated into thirty-five languages and have been published around the world.



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, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.