This is the first Donna Leon novel I’ve picked up, featuring her detective Commissario Brunetti. This features quite late in the series, but I thought I’d give it a spin.
The series is set in Venice, and this installment sees the investigation of a mysterious death in a boy’s academy. This leads into a tangled tale of politics and society in the underbelly of the Italian state.
Enjoyable enough, but not too demanding, and frankly I prefer Michael Dibdin’s Zen.