Falling in Love

In Death at La Fenice Donna Leons first novel in the Commissario Brunetti series readers were introduced to the glamorous and cutthroat world of opera and to one of Italys finest living sopranos Flavia Petrelli then a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned German conductor Now many years after Brunetti cleared her name Flavia has returned to the illustrious La Fenice to sing the lead in Tosca As an opera superstar Flavia is well acquainted with attention from adoring fans and aspiring singers But when one anonymous admirer inundates her with bouquets of yellow roses on stage in her dressing room and even inside her locked apartment it becomes clear that this fan has become a potentially dangerous stalker Distraught Flavia turns to an old friend for help Familiar with Flavias melodramatic temperament Commissario Brunetti is at first unperturbed by her story but when another young opera singer is attacked he begins to think Flavias fears may be justified In order to keep his friend out of danger Brunetti must enter the psyche of an obsessive fan and find the culprit before anyone comes to harm