In the middle of the night, two young men abandon two young American women, badly injured, outside Venice’s hospital.
Brunetti and Griffoni’s investigation ultimately leads them to a horrific human trafficking operation.
Publisher page: Transient Desires – Donna Leon
It’s a sweltering July in Venice and Brunetti and Griffoni, with occasional assistance from Vianello and Signora Elettra, are investigating the last few cryptic words of a dying woman. They wind up investigating environmental crime revolving around a water sampling company, and a murder.
Plenty of pertinent observations about food, friendship, misogyny and modern life in Italy – and Venice in particular.
Publisher page: Trace Elements – Donna Leon
Brunetti’s father-in-law asks for a favour: investigate the adult adoption by an old, old friend, of a handsome younger man with questionable motives….
Smashing.
Author page: Unto Us A Son Is Given – Donna Leon
Set against the familiar background of Italian corruption at all levels, The Temptation of Forgiveness is our 27th police procedural in the erudite company of Commissario Guido Brunetti.
When a man is found badly injured after a late night attack on the steps of one of Venice’s many bridges, the victim’s wife turns out to be one of Paola’s colleagues, who’d recently spoken with Brunetti concerning her son’s suspected use of drugs.
As Brunetti and his colleagues – Commissario Griffoni, Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra – investigate, preconceptions and prejudices come into play, and moral dilemmas abound.
Publisher page: The Temptation of Forgiveness – Donna Leon
An early encounter with Guido Brunetti. Carlo Trevisan, a leading Venetian lawyer, is found murdered on a train on its return to Venice.
Things get uncomfortable at home when Brunetti learns that his teenage daughter Chiara was at school with Trevisan’s daughter, and asks her to help him find out more about the family – much to Paola’s anger.
Publisher page: A Venetian Reckoning – Donna Leon