Product Review

Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which feature the singular Commissario Guido Brunetti, canal boat rides instead of car chases, fine cuisine and crime investigations in one of Europe's most beautiful locations. Uwe Kockisch stars as Brunetti, a police inspector with a keen mind, razor-sharp wit, and a touch of melancholy. He strives to bring criminals to justice, but experience has taught him that countless things work against that human frailty, corruption, and police incompetence being chief among them. He takes refuge from the job in the company of his loving wife Paola, a university literature professor, and two teenage children, Raffi and Chiara. Episode 11: DEATH IN A STRANGE COUNTRY - The body of a young man found floating in a Venetian canal has been stripped of all valuables, except for a very visible packet of cocaine. When the man is identified as a health inspector at the U.S. military base in nearby Vicenza, Brunetti s boss, Patta gets worried about political reverberations and is eager to dismiss the case as a drug-related murder. Episode 12: A SEA OF TROUBLES - When the murder of two fishermen brings Brunetti to investigate the island of Pellestrina's tight-knit community, the villagers close ranks and say nothing. Eager for a chance at investigative work, his secretary Elettra goes to the island undercover. Soon after she arrives, Brunetti begins to fear for her life, especially after she falls in love with a fisherman who turns out to be the nephew of the main suspect.