After reading the first in the series, I decided I should grab the second while I was at the library last week. The story continues with the same characters and the same setting....Venice. Technology continues to play a role in the story.....and the American military base continues to be a problem. In this book an officer's daughter is kidnapped and treated as a prisoner---- using the documented tortures American made....certain parts of the story are confusing. But in the end the story is interesting....and I enjoyed reading another mystery by the author. It helps that I like the characters. 
 Read if you are looking for a mystery.... 
 (I apologize for the opaque description of the book....I can't remember the characters' names...and I returned the book to the library already. Gah!)