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	Ratking  •  Michael Dibdin MYSTERY •  1997 •  PAPER Venetian crime investigator Aurelio Zen (now living in Rome with his mother) goes after the kidnappers of a Perugian industrialist in this enjoyable thriller, winner of the Gold Dagger Award. This is the book that launched the series of satisfyingly complex tales, all set in Italy and rich in details of contemporary Italian life and politics. (ITL622, $13.95)
	Vendetta  •  Michael Dibdin MYSTERY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 260 PAGES An eccentric bizillionaire, his wife and guests are gunned down Mob-style in his Sardinian villa in this second book in the Aurelio Zen series, winner of the Crime Writers Association Award in 1990. World-weary Zen is none too happy about leaving his Venetian roost for the wilds of Sardinia. (ITL621, $13.95)
	Dead Lagoon, An Aurelio Zen Mystery  •  Michael Dibdin MYSTERY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 297 PAGES Dibdin -- a master of ambiguous settings, shady dealings and fast-paced prose -- returns to Venice in this sixth book in the thoroughly enjoyable Aurelio Zen series. It may be his best, the city a perfect match for the knowing charm of Dibdin's detective. (ITL577, $13.95)
	And Then You Die  •  Michael Dibdin MYSTERY •  2003 •  PAPER Dibdin's stylish, dark detective is hiding out at a beach resort in Tuscany in this installment of the Aurelio Zen series. Naturally, he jumps into the action to find out who is trying to kill him. It's hard to say what we like best about Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series: his knowing police detective, the thoroughly enjoyable Italian settings, fast-paced plot or wry commentary on contemporary society and politics. (ITL619, $12.95)
	Medusa, An Aurelio Zen Mystery  •  Michael Dibdin MYSTERY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES It's hard to say what we like best about Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series: his knowing police detective, the thoroughly enjoyable Italian settings, fast-paced plot or wry commentary on contemporary society and poltitics. In this ninth outing, Zen finds a mysterious corpse in a long-abandoned military tunnel in the Dolomites, a perfect opportunity for Dibdin to put his detective on scenic train rides and immerse him in some unsavory WWII-era politics. Zen and Gemma are living quietly (or attempting to) in Lucca after the events of the last book, Blood Rain. (ITL576, $12.95)
	The Shape of Water  •  Andrea Camilleri MYSTERY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES The first installment in Camilleri's wildly popular Inspector Montalbano mysteries, nicely translated -- and shot through (pun intended) with not just memorable characters but also with Sicilian lore and politics. The action takes place in a fictional coastal town, where a local politico is suspiciously dead. (ITL528, $13.00)
	The Terracotta Dog  •  Andrea Camilleri MYSTERY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES Number two in the wildly popular Inspector Montalbano series. Among its many pleasures is Camilleri's wry send-up of Sicilian society and politics. (ITL529, $13.00)
	The Snack Thief  •  Andrea Camilleri MYSTERY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES The third book in the best-selling series starring the irresistible Inspector Montalbano, a small town police detective with a healthy appetite, roving intellect and wry sense of humor. (ITL530, $13.00)
	Voice of the Violin  •  Andrea Camilleri  •  Stephen Sartarelli MYSTERY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES In this fourth installment in the popular Inspector Montalbano series. Camilleri delivers a delightful cast of characters and wry commentary on Sicilian ways, headed by the irresistible Inspector Montalbano, a small town police detective with a healthy appetite, roving intellect and wry sense of humor. It opens with a classic conceit of police procedurals: a beautiful blond woman is found dead. That's the least of it. (ITL537, $13.00)
	The Excursion to Tindari  •  Andrea Camilleri  •  Stephen Sartarelli MYSTERY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES Book number five in Camilleri's Inspector Montalban series. The sly, overworked inspector has his hands full in this satisfyingly complex tale which finds a young man (with a reputation for amorous adventure) dead, a neighbor couple missing -- and a local mafia Don asking for protection for his grandson. (ITL616, $14.00)
	Rounding the Mark  •  Andrea Camilleri MYSTERY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 264 PAGES Book number seven in Camilleri's absorbing series starring the world-weary, earthy Inspector Montalbano (made into a wildly popular television series in Italy). The inspector, hoping to get police work off his mind with a swim in the ocean, discovers a corpse. (ITL722, $13.00)
	Death at La Fenice  •  Donna Leon MYSTERY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 270 PAGES The first of the tremendously good Guido Brunetti mysteries, all set in the author's beloved Venice. A famous conductor is found dead at the celebrated theater of the title. Donna Leon, as you might guess, is an opera expert. (ITL555, $13.95)
	Death in a Strange Country  •  Donna Leon MYSTERY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES This, the second in Brunetti mysteries, opens with a body of an American soldier in a Venetian Canal, an excellent opportunity for Commisario Brunetti to take on military might, the Mafia and local politicians. (ITL556, $7.99)
	Dressed for Death  •  Donna Leon MYSTERY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES Book number three Donna Leon's satisfying, wonderfully erudite Guido Brunetti mysteries set in Venice. In this installment, what looks first like the obvious murder of a tranvestite prostitute gets much more complicated when the body turns out to be that of a bank director. Our poor dective has to cancel his vacation in the mountains to find out what is what. (ITL614, $7.99)
	Acqua Alta  •  Donna Leon MYSTERY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES Number five in the series, this is another in Donna Leon's satisfying, wonderfully erudite Guido Brunetti mysteries. In this installment, a body is discovered in the home of diva Flavia Petrelli. (ITL559, $7.99)
	A Noble Radiance  •  Donna Leon MYSTERY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 277 PAGES Number seven in the Guido Brunetti mysteries, all memorably set in contemporary Venice. For some readers, this installment is the best yet. A body is found on the estate of a local landowner at the foot of the Dolomites. (ITL557, $7.99)

	Blood from a Stone  •  Donna Leon   • HISTORY  •  In this, the 14th installment in Donna Leon's wonderfully satisfying Guido Brunetti mysteries, a Senegalese peddler is shot down in a public square (on a cold Venetian night...). (ITL615, $7.99)
	August Heat  •  Andrea Camilleri   • MYSTERY • COMING IN AUGUST  •  Montalbano once again confronts political corruption, murder and his own desires and failings in this installment of the compelling Sicilian series. (ITL942, $14.00)
	Back to Bologna  •  Michael Dibdin   • MYSTERY  •  Dibdin shows a lighter touch in this installment in the marvelous Aurelio Zen mysteries. (ITL746, $12.95)
	Death of an Englishman  •  Magdalen Nabb   • MYSTERY  •  The debut of Nabb's Marshal Guarnaccia series, set in Florence on Christmas Eve. (ITL639, $12.00)
	Doctored Evidence  •  Donna Leon   • MYSTERY  •  Another in Donna Leon's satisfying, wonderfully erudite Guido Brunetti mysteries set in Venice. In this installment, a miserly, unpleasant woman is found murdered and all eyes, at least until our hero arrives, point to her Romanian housekeeper. (ITL613, $7.99)
	Fatal Remedies  •  Donna Leon   • MYSTERY  •  Commissario Brunetti returns in the latest installment of Leon's popular mystery series. (ITL856, $7.99)
	Marshal Makes His Report  •  Magdalen Nabb   • MYSTERY • COMING IN SEPTEMBER  •  Marshal Guarnaccia investigates the suspicious suicide of a Florentine aristocrat in the eighth installment of Nabb's excellent series. (ITL972, $14.00)
	Marshal's Own Case  •  Magdalen Nabb   • MYSTERY • COMING IN SEPTEMBER  •  In the seventh book in Nabb's fast-paced, atmospheric series, Inspector Guarnaccia must navigate the underbelly of Florentine society after a transvestite prostitute is found dead. (ITL971, $14.00)
	Quietly in Their Sleep  •  Donna Leon   • MYSTERY  •  The sixth book in Leon's satisfying series, originally published as Death of Faith in 1997. (ITL833, $7.99)
	The Girl of His Dreams  •  Donna Leon   • LITERATURE  •  Thickly plotted and as imbued as ever with the atmosphere of Venice, this 17th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery opens with the funeral of the detective's mother -- and includes going undercover to investigate a secretive religious sect and the suspicious death of a gypsy girl. (ITL940, $24.00)
	The Patience of the Spider  •  Stephen Sartarelli  •  Andrea Camilleri   • LITERATURE  •  Book number eight in Camilleri's series, starring the world-weary, earthy -- and now aging not so gracefully -- Inspector Montalbano (made into a wildly popular television series in Italy). (ITL826, $13.00)
	The Rainaldi Quartet  •  Paul Adam   • MYSTERY  •  Memorably set among the luthiers of Cremona, this is one of a series of favorite mysteries recused by the good folks at Felony & Mayhem. (ITL887, $14.95)
	Through a Glass, Darkly: A Commissario Guide Brunetti Mystery  •  Donna Leon   • MYSTERY  •  Number 15 in the enormously satisfying, wonderfully erudite series memorably set in the author's beloved Venice and starring police commissioner Guido Brunetti. (ITL714, $7.99)
	Vita Nuova  •  Magdalen Nabb   • MYSTERY  •  Marshal Guarnaccia is singled out to solve the death of a reclusive single mother with a dysfunctional family in the 14th and final installment of the series set in Florence. Nabb died in August 2007. (ITL938, $24.00)

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