One of the main characters in this exciting thriller isn't even a human being. It's the city of Venice, Italy during the years immediately following World War II.
And quite a place it is, with American players right out of a Cole Porter song fest, mingling with Italians who may or may not have been Nazi sympathizers during the war.
Joseph Kanon takes his reader on a ride that builds to an ending full of twists and turns. There are no dull passages in his plausible tale.
Enjoy this page turner and hope for more.