<p><b>The Italian detective Commissario Brunetti takes on another intriguing, but personal case in Donna Leon's <i>Acqua Alta</i>, an atmospheric murder mystery filled with the sights and sounds of Venice.</b><br><br>Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that his friend and art historian, Brett Lynch, has suffered a savage beating.<br><br>The attack, in the beautiful palazzo home of Flavia Petrelli, reigning diva of La Scala, had come with a message: 'Don't keep that appointment with Dottor Semenzato.'<br><br>Then, with the storm clouds gathering fast over the city, a man's body is found . . .<br><br><b>The fifth novel in the Commissario Brunetti Venetian crime series, which also includes <i>The Anonymous Venetian</i> and <i>So Shall You Reap</i>.<br><br>'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop of the city so vivi
