Venetian cop, Commissario Guido Brunetti, wonders whom he knows to bring pressure on a local government department, to investigate the lack of official building approval on his apartment. Brunetti's investigations take him into the unfamiliar areas of Venetian life - drug abuse and loan sharking.
Awards
Winner of Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Award 2000. Shortlisted for Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction 2000.
