New York: Atlantic Monthly Press / Grove Press, (2013). First edition - A collection of "over fifty funny, charming, passionate, and insightful essays that range from battles over garbage in the canals to troubles with rehabbing Venetian real estate" by the author best known for her series of crime novels featuring Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti. Also included are essays on books, on her early life growing up in New Jersey and more. 222 pp. An uncommon advance issue.