The Bellini Card

Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski the Polish Ambassador and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - but when two bodies turn up in the canal he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business and it is up to Yashim to attempt to rescue his intrepid friend from forces bigger than they had ever imagined . . .