Fatal Remedies (Commisario Brunetti, # 8)
Donna Leon's multitude of fans around the world has grown with each new Commissario Brunetti novel, and now mystery lovers in the United States can enjoy another compelling episode. In Fatal Remedies, Brunetti's career is under threat when his professional and personal lives unexpectedly...
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Donna Leon's multitude of fans around the world has grown with each new Commissario Brunetti novel, and now mystery lovers in the United States can enjoy another compelling episode. In Fatal Remedies, Brunetti's career is under threat when his professional and personal lives unexpectedly intersect. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city, and Brunetti is shocked to find that the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene is a member of his own family. Meanwhile, he is also under pressure from his superiors to solve a daring robbery with connections to a suspicious accidental death. Could the two crimes be connected? And will Brunetti be able to prove his family's innocence before it's too late?
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780143112426 (0143112422)
Publish date: September 25th 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 303
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
American,
Mystery,
Detective,
Politics,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Italian Literature
Series: Commissario Brunetti (#8)
One of the things I love the most about these books is the relationship Brunetti has with his wife, Paola and in this book that relationship is put to the test from page 5. There has been an act of vandalism against a travel agency and Brunetti is called in the middle of the night to go to the Que...
A complex plot inching on the question: If something is legally okay but shouldn't be what would you do about it? Paola Brunetti takes the law into her own hands to stop a travel agency from facilitating trips of sexual tourism. The simple act of civil desobedience opens up a can of worms at work f...
Even though it’s fun reading mindless mysteries, it’s always satisfying to find ones that have some kind of moral dilemma at their core that the hero must resolve. I had never read Donna Leon, who has taught for the University of Maryland in Venice, Italy for many years, but she weaves just such co...