Read Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)

Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)

Donna Leon

4.9/5 (34016 ratings)

Description:A pitch-perfect mystery, an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice, and an elucidating eye into the attitudes of a timeless place in the grip of change.Donna Leon's international best-selling and award-winning Commissario Guido Brunetti novels have been praised for their ability to place their readers into the thick of contemporary Venetian life. Now Blood from a Stone brings Commissario Brunetti back on the scene: On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the American tourists who had been browsing the man's wares—fake designer handbags—before his death. The dead man had been working as a vu cumpra, one of the many African immigrants peddling goods outside normal shop hours and trading without work permits.Commissario Brunetti's response is that of everybody involved: Why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant? Because these workers have few social connections and little money, infighting seems to be the answer. And yet the killings have all the markings of a professional operation. Once Brunetti begins to investigate this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake within the secretive society.While his wife, Paola, struggles to come to terms with their young daughter's prejudices about the immigrants, Brunetti finds that his own police force shares many of the same biases. Warned by Patta, his superior, to desist from further involvement in the case, Brunetti only becomes more determined to unearth the truth. How far will Brunetti be able to penetrate the murky subculture of Venice's illegal community? And how high does the corruption reach into the upper echelons of Brunetti's own world and the world at large?By a confirmed master storyteller, Blood from a Stone is a pitch-perfect mystery, an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice, and an elucidating eye into the attitudes of a timeless place in the grip of change.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14). To get started finding Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 355

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 014303698X

Description: A pitch-perfect mystery, an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice, and an elucidating eye into the attitudes of a timeless place in the grip of change.Donna Leon's international best-selling and award-winning Commissario Guido Brunetti novels have been praised for their ability to place their readers into the thick of contemporary Venetian life. Now Blood from a Stone brings Commissario Brunetti back on the scene: On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the American tourists who had been browsing the man's wares—fake designer handbags—before his death. The dead man had been working as a vu cumpra, one of the many African immigrants peddling goods outside normal shop hours and trading without work permits.Commissario Brunetti's response is that of everybody involved: Why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant? Because these workers have few social connections and little money, infighting seems to be the answer. And yet the killings have all the markings of a professional operation. Once Brunetti begins to investigate this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake within the secretive society.While his wife, Paola, struggles to come to terms with their young daughter's prejudices about the immigrants, Brunetti finds that his own police force shares many of the same biases. Warned by Patta, his superior, to desist from further involvement in the case, Brunetti only becomes more determined to unearth the truth. How far will Brunetti be able to penetrate the murky subculture of Venice's illegal community? And how high does the corruption reach into the upper echelons of Brunetti's own world and the world at large?By a confirmed master storyteller, Blood from a Stone is a pitch-perfect mystery, an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice, and an elucidating eye into the attitudes of a timeless place in the grip of change.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14). To get started finding Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)

Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)

More Books

Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)

Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)

Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti, #2)

Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti, #2)

Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti, #5)

Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti, #5)

Dressed for Death (Commissario Brunetti, #3)

Dressed for Death (Commissario Brunetti, #3)

Friends in High Places (Commissario Brunetti, #9)

Friends in High Places (Commissario Brunetti, #9)

Donna Leon’s Inspector Guido Brunetti Series updated 2017 listed in best reading order with Summaries and Checklist: Includes The Waters of Eternal Youth and Earthly Remains

Donna Leon’s Inspector Guido Brunetti Series updated 2017 listed in best reading order with Summaries and Checklist: Includes The Waters of Eternal Youth and Earthly Remains

A Noble Radiance (Commissario Brunetti, #7)

A Noble Radiance (Commissario Brunetti, #7)

Doctored Evidence (Commissario Brunetti, #13)

Doctored Evidence (Commissario Brunetti, #13)

Fatal Remedies (Commissario Brunetti, #8)

Fatal Remedies (Commissario Brunetti, #8)