Lovable family man Commissario Brunetti is back in the latest installment of this charming but gripping crime investigation series, set in Venice... Subtly chilling and laced with malice, it's enthralling The vibrant descriptions of city, littered liberally throughout the novel, and the details of Venetian family life, keep the series feeling fresh and will hold your curiosity while feeling comfortingly familiar.

Suffer the Little Children... is terrific at providing, through its weary but engaging protagonist, a strong sense of the moral quandaries inherent in Italian society and culture.