Venetian Bind - Paperback

In Venetian Bind, Detective Marko Korb and his associate Kelan Su, a Chinese-American woman, must hunt down a murderer and prevent a devastating terrorist attack in the romantic city of Venice. Korb, a fat, egotistical, and brilliant detective, and Kelan Su, a former Chicago police officer, licensed attorney, and martial arts expert, arrive in Venice to investigate the murder of Stefan Pakuli?, a former Serbian paramilitary leader and accused war criminal.The daughter of a Bosnian expat who had rescued Korb from Pakuli?'s clutches during the war is a suspect in the killing. Korb is torn between finding the murderer and his sympathy for the Serbian's killer-the Venetian bind. The investigation leads to Pakuli?'s connection with Italian neo-fascists planning a terrorist action in Venice. It takes Korb's genius and the intrepid sleuthing of Su to find the murderer, forestall the terrorist action, and protect the daughter of Korb's rescuer.