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| Original Title: | Fatal Remedies |
| ISBN: | 0099269309 (ISBN13: 9780099269304) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Commissario Brunetti #8 |
| Characters: | Commissario Guido Brunetti, Vice-Questore Patta, Ispettore Vianello, Paola Brunetti, Paolo Mitri, Giuliano Zambino, Count Orazio Falier, Signorina Elettra, Signor Dorandi, Sandro Bonaventura |
| Setting: | Venice(Italy) |
Donna Leon
Paperback | Pages: 303 pages Rating: 3.91 | 5908 Users | 446 Reviews
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| Title | : | Fatal Remedies (Commissario Brunetti #8) |
| Author | : | Donna Leon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 303 pages |
| Published | : | March 2nd 2000 by Arrow (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Cultural. Italy. Fiction |
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A sudden act of vandalism had just been committed in the chill Venetian dawn. But Commissario Guido Brunetti soon finds out that the perpetrator is no petty criminal. For the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene of the crime is none other than Paola Brunetti, his wife. As Paola's actions provoke a crisis in the Brunetti household, Brunetti himself is under increasing pressure at work: a daring robbery with Mafia connections is linked to a suspicious death and his superiors need quick results. As his professional and personal lives clash, Brunetti's own career is under threat - and the conspiracy which Paola had risked everything to expose draws him inexorably to the brink ...Rating Appertaining To Books Fatal Remedies (Commissario Brunetti #8)
Ratings: 3.91 From 5908 Users | 446 ReviewsAssessment Appertaining To Books Fatal Remedies (Commissario Brunetti #8)
To begin with, I have to confess that I love Venice. So any story that takes place there is likely to please me. Also, I love a good whodunit. Nothing's better for curling up with and relaxing. Still, Donna Leon's stories have something special. Maybe it's her detective, Commissario Brunetti. He's an extremely wise and cool person. A murder mystery's effectiveness depends on the personality of the detective, and Brunetti is extremely simpatico. Maybe it's the way her* Spoilers below *Well, that was disappointing! This starts off as one of the 'issues' books - Paola commits an act of civil disobedience which places Brunetti in an awkward position as she is carted off, not once but twice, to the Questura by his subordinates. The question of protest feels particularly topical with Extinction Rebellion taking place as I write and debates about when it is morally right to break the law: after all, much necessary social change has been brought about by
Strongest of the series that I've read so far. Exploring the character of Brunetti's wife was rewarding.
This one made me sad. Paola's attitude didn't help. She has potential to be a champion in the "hater" category, IMHO. For a valid reason, but her hatred is always defused in a wider arena and there is usually friendly fire damage. In this one that included Guido being hurt/hit, IMHO.The Mafia repercussions were dire, and some of the mood setting conversations with witnesses and in between police departments was 2 star enjoyment reading.Guido's daughter being 12 and asking some innocent questions
Synopsis: Brunetti's career is under threat when his professional and personal lives unexpectedly intersect. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city, and Brunetti is shocked to find that the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene is a member of his own family. Meanwhile, he is also under pressure from his superiors to solve a daring robbery with connections to a suspicious accidental death. Could the two crimes be connected?
Paola Brunetti is a woman who feels injustice keenly. Particularly when that injustice is dealt to innocent children. She has recently become aware that travel agencies in her own city of Venice are selling sex tours to Southeast Asia. These sex tours offer children as their objects. Children are being raped for the pleasure of sick, rich men. Paola feels a compulsion to act.The travel agencies are not technically breaking any Venetian or Italian law; their transgression is against morality.
Donna Leon has done it again.... another amazing Commisario Brunetti mystery to savor. I have read many in this series over the years and as usual found I could get right back into the characters' lives both personal and professional, all through the eyes of Brunetti. It is such a pleasure following his analytical mind when he is solving a case. In this book his wife Paola started the action when she became enraged that certain travel agencies were arranging tours to certain countries where men
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