Tracking Ian Pear's Art History mysteries and the M. L. Longworth Provencal mysteries, I have fallen for their descriptions of the art, wine, and life in southern France and northern Italy. I found Death at La Fenice in the Odyssey bookstore in Ithaca as another in the series- but the breezy human side of Pears and Longworth is replace by Donna Leon with a darker, grittier human interactions. Love it, just not as much as Pears and Longworth.