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Chosen as Star Pick in the Sunday Times Crime Club Chosen as a ‘Best New Crime Novel’ in the Sunday Times’The series that has shadowed Brunetti for three decades is an epic achievement’ The Times ‘Leon’s books are a joy’ GuardianWhen two young American women are badly injured in a boating accident, Commissario Brunetti’s eye turns to the two young Italians they were with, who abandoned them in the hospital. When one of the young men is found to be involved in more sinister night-time activities in the Laguna, Brunetti has to enlist the help of Italian institutions to get to the bottom of the mystery. But can Brunetti trust unfamiliar colleagues? Could there be another motive behind this horrible crime? ‘She is a truly fine novelist, period, and should be acclaimed as such’TLS

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Weight 0.202 kg
Dimensions 1.7 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
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Pages

288
Publisher

Year Published

2021-9-23
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1787467848
About The Author

Donna Leon is author of the much-loved, best-selling series of novels featuring Commissario Brunetti and one of The Times' 50 Greatest Crime Writers. Widely considered one of the best detective series ever, with admirers including Ursula K. Le Guin and Antonia Fraser, the Brunetti Mysteries have won numerous awards around the world and been translated into thirty-five languages.
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The climax is nothing less than a trip – across the laguna – into the heart of darkness . . . Leon's special skill is to splice glimpses of la dolce vita with acute analysis of moral and ethical dilemmas
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It's colourful and beautifully written
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