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- 1 Death at La Fenice
- 2 Death in a Strange Country
- 3 Dressed for Death
- 4 Death and Judgment
- 5 Acqua Alta
- 6 Quietly in Their Sleep
- 7 A Noble Radiance
- 8 Fatal Remedies
- 9 Friends in High Places
- 10 A Sea of Troubles
- 11 Wilful Behaviour
- 12 Uniform Justice
- 13 Doctored Evidence
- 14 Blood from a Stone
- 15 Through a Glass Darkly
- 16 Suffer the Little Children
- 17 The Girl of His Dreams
- 18 About Face
- 19 A Question of Belief
- 20 Drawing Conclusions
- 21 Beastly Things
- 22 The Golden Egg
- 23 By its Cover
- 24 Falling In Love
- 25 The Waters of Eternal Youth
- 26 Earthly Remains
- 27 The Temptation of Forgiveness
- 28 Unto Us a Son Is Given
- 29 Trace Elements
- 30 Transient Desires
- 31 Give Unto Others
- 32 So Shall You Reap
- 33 A Refiner's Fire
The latest of Donna Leon's bestselling Venice crime novelsAs a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count’s best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would become the sole heir to Gonzalo’s substantial fortune, something which Gonzalo’s friends, including the Count, find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why they're so intent on meddling in the old man's business.Not long after Brunetti meets with Gonzalo, the elderly man unexpectedly passes away from natural causes. Old and frail, Gonzalo’s death goes unquestioned, and a few of his oldest friends gather in Venice to plan the memorial service. But when Berta, a striking woman and one of Gonzalo’s closest confidantes, is strangled in her hotel room, Brunetti is drawn into long-buried secrets from Gonzalo’s past. What did Berta know? And who would go to such lengths to ensure it would remain hidden?Once again, Donna Leon brilliantly follows the twists and turns of the human condition, set against the ebb and flow of Venetian life.
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