“Donna Leon has the gift to bringing characters like the Commissario Guido Brunetti to life with all the concomitant crime intrigue and social issues.

Set in breathtaking Venezia city, it tells the hard hitting story of a paediatrician assaulted in his own home by the Carabinieri. Also skulking in the storyline is the break-in of a Chemists'.
The plot is enjoyable and gripping and the character of Brunetti is very likeable and human.

After enjoying my first novel of...”

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