Sign-In
Cart
Trace Elements: A Comissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
Paperback
Series: The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, Book 29
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher Price: $17.00
ISBN13: 9780802148681
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: Mar 16 2021
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.60
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
The New York Times-bestselling author of Unto Us a Son Is Given continues one of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever (The Washington Post).
When a dying hospice patient gasps that her husband was murdered over bad money, Commissario Brunetti softly promises he and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, will look into what initially appears to be a private family tragedy. They discover that the man had worked in the field, collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the cleanliness of Venice's water supply, and that he had recently died in a mysterious motorcycle accident. Piecing together the tangled threads, Brunetti comes to realize the perilous meaning in the woman's accusation and the threat it reveals to the health of the entire region. But justice in this case proves to be ambiguous, as Brunetti is reminded it can be when he reads Aeschylus's classic play The Eumenides.
Praise for Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti Mysteries
[Leon] has never become perfunctory, never failed to give us vivid portraits of people and of Venice, never lost her fine, disillusioned indignation. --Ursula K. LeGuin, author of Dancing at the Edge of the World
You become so wrapped up in these compelling characters. . . . Each one is better than the last. --Louise Erdrich, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
Leon's Venetian mysteries never disappoint, calling up the romantic sights and sounds of La Serenissima even as they acquaint us with the practical matters that concern the city's residents. --The New York Times Book Review
The sophisticated but still moral Brunetti, with his love of food and his loving family, proves a worthy custodian of timeless values and verities. --The Wall Street Journal
1 different editions
Also available
Also in
Mystery & Thriller
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Movie Tie-In Edition): Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy
Larsson, Stieg
Paperback
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River
Lawhon, Ariel
Hardcover
Big Little Truths: Reese's Book Club: A Novel: The Sequel to Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane
Hardcover
The Altar of Pergamon: The Mystery of the Dark Angel and the Future of the World
Cahn, Jonathan
Hardcover