The Girl of His Dreams #17 Brunetti

Author(s): Donna Leon

Crime

One rainy morning Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello respond to an emergency call reporting a body floating near some steps on the Grand Canal. Reaching down to pull it out, Brunetti's wrist is caught by the silkiness of golden hair, and he sees a small foot - together he and Vianello lift a dead girl from the water. But, inconceivably, no one has reported a missing child, nor the theft of the gold jewellery that she carries. Brunetti is drawn into a search not only for the cause of her death but also for her identity, her family, and for the secrets that people will keep in order to protect their children - be they innocent or guilty. From the canals and palazzi of Venice to a gypsy encampment on the mainland, Brunetti struggles with institutional prejudice and entrenched criminality to try to unravel the fate of the dead child.


Product Information

The new Commissario Brunetti novel, from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Leon

Donna Leon has lived in Venice for many years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; recently Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Blood From A Stone, Through A Glass, Darkly and Suffer the Little Children.

General Fields

  • : 9780099517641
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Arrow Books Ltd
  • : 0.232
  • : February 2009
  • : 197mm X 130mm X 21mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Donna Leon
  • : Paperback
  • : 9-May
  • : English
  • : 813.54
  • : 336
  • : Crime & mystery