The 17th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery is an absorbing and as imbued with the geography, politics and atmosphere of Venice as ever. Thickly plotted, the book opens with the funeral of Brunetti's mother,and includes going undercover to investigate a secretive religious sect and, as the title hints. the suspicious death of a young gypsy girl.  (ITL940, $24.00)

A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery