As Venice braces for a winter tempest and the onslaught of acqua alta - the rising waters from torrential rain - Commissario Guido Brunetti finds out that an old friend has been savagely beaten at the palazzo home of reigning diva Flavia Petrelli
Quest roles:
Leslie Malton(Flavia Petrelli), Gesine Cukrowski(Brett Lynch), Rolf Hoppe(Gabriele Cossato), Gottfried John(Carmello La Capra), Hanns Zischler(Franco Murino), Edgar M. Böhlke(Francesco Semenzato), Oliver Broumis(Salvatore La Capra)