A review by danilanglie
The Bellini Card by Jason Goodwin

4.0

Once again, I just love the style of these books - the quick action scenes, short chapters, the way the POV shifts seamlessly from one character to the next. And this particular installment was really fun, because I love Palewski as a character and he's the main one for this, with a lot of the story from his point of view. I like that he's competent enough, and doing an okay job for himself, but then Yashim comes in and saves the day. It's actually a very Holmes and Watson dynamic, which is very fun!

Changing the setting to Venice also added some excitement, especially in how the Istanbul and Venice stuff blended together, and you learn about the relationship between the two places at this point in history.