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good reading of a more contemporary style
Two authors, Donna Leon -- who has based her entire oeuvre on the dealings of a contemporary Venetian detective -- and Michael Dibdin are crucial. The latter's Dead Lagoon is, in my view, essential reading as it literally walks the reader through the city. Aurelio Zen, Dibdin's Venetian detective central character, is a perfectly realised and complex character; not as sweet as Donna Leon's uxorious Brunetti. I've been to Venice many, many times and can testifty to the good atmospherics in both.