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Donna Leon's #26 Earthly Remains	Toni Sepeda's Brunetti's Venice	Roberta Pianaro Brunetti's Cookbook
A Few Drops of Blood by Jan Merete Weiss	by Valerio Varesi Gold, Frankincense and Dust	New Timothy Williams The Second Day of the Renaissance
BOOK DETAILS Book categories (see right sidebar) Book detail pages include jacket notes, picture of the cover, our rating, "set in" location, theme, author photo and bio. Unique Views by Theme and by Location.	REVIEWS & RATINGS Insightful reviews of some of the books we feature on our website. We have devised a 5-level rating system for books set in Italy. See the criteria in the table below. Check What's New for Recent Additions	EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS Edward Sklepowich Grace Brophy Magdalen Nabb Steven Saylor Donna Leon Timothy Williams David Hewson Aaron Elkins
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Rating Books and Authors
Both books and authors are rated according to the flags system below. In any author
list, the higher rated authors will usually be grouped towards the top of the list.

Rating	Explanation
	5-flags: Top-notch. Captures the essence of the Italian personality and Italy's social and political culture. Well written. Interesting characters that are authentic Italians. A joy to read!
	4-flags: Very good. Italian references are reasonable. A few English or American characters. Well written.
	3-flags: Pretty good. Too many non-Italian characters, however interesting.
	2-flags: Good. Not as well written and the Italian references are not authentic. Practically no Italian characters. Could have taken place anywhere.
	1-flag: Really bad. Definitely not recommended.
none	Not rated yet.

Background

Our library has been collected over many years, driven by a love of Italy and the enjoyment of a good mystery or thriller. The Internet has been essential in finding many of our books. Doing keyword searches at Amazon.com or abebooks.com was a good start at expanding our collection.

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The Definitive Website for: • English-language Mystery Novels Set in Italy

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• English-language Mystery Novels Set in Italy