TRANSIENT DESIRES.

DONNA LEON.

A popular author who develops interesting Italian characters, with a storyline set in Venice.  Everyone travels by boat; villains, cops, family.  The action takes place on boats, docks or moorings.   

Two American girls were delivered to a hospital.  Someone rang the emergency bell.

Brunetti is the regular hero in Leon’s entertaining series.  He and colleagues have to solve the why and how.