Blood From a Stone

On a cold night shortly before Christmas, an immigran street vendor is killed i nVenice's Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesse to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death - fake handbags of every designer label - but they have seen nothing that might be of much help to the police. When Commissario Brunetti arrives on the scene, he finds it hard to understand why anyone would murder an illeagal immigrant. -- back cover.