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Book Synopsis''Leon is a skilful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human'' The Observer
A sudden act of vandalism has been committed in the chill Venetian dawn and Commissario Guido Brunetti soon finds out that the perpetrator is no petty criminal. For the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene of the crime is none other than Paola Brunetti, his wife.
As Paola''s actions provoke a crisis in the Brunetti household, Brunetti himself is under increasing pressure at work: a daring robbery with Mafia connections is linked to a suspicious death and his superiors want quick results. As his professional and personal lives clash, Brunetti''s own career is threatened and the conspiracy which Paola has risked everything to expose draws him inexorably to the brink . . .
''Donna Leon has established Commissario Guido Brunetti as one of the most engaging of fictional detectives'' Sunday Times
Trade ReviewDonna Leon has established Commissario Guido Brunetti as one of the most engaging of fictional detectives ... Brunetti is ... back on track, sadder perhaps, but wiser and wittier than ever * Sunday Times *
A splendid series ... with a backdrop of the city so vivid you can smell it * Sunday Telegraph *
One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever * The Washington Post *
No one knows the labyrinthine world of Venice . . . like Leon's Brunetti * Time *
[Brunetti's] humane police work is disarming, and his ambles through the city are a delight * The New York Times Book Review *
