A review by shirleytupperfreeman
The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith

Somehow I went on vacation with three novels that all have the word 'girl' in the title and take place between 1939-1945. This one was a page turner. Cruz Smith writes with a beautiful economy of words. As WWII is ending and the German army is retreating from Italy, there are still plenty of people willing to kill, betray, and capitalize on the disarray caused by Mussolini and the war. Cenzo is a fisherman trying to stay out of trouble when he comes across the body of a young woman in the lagoon. Guilia turns out to be quite alive but she's Jewish and a wanted woman. After Cenzo rescues Guilia, life gets very complicated for both. To be published in October 2016.