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| Original Title: | Blood from a Stone (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries) |
| ISBN: | 014303698X (ISBN13: 9780143036982) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Commissario Brunetti #14 |
| Setting: | Venice(Italy) |
Donna Leon
Paperback | Pages: 355 pages Rating: 3.86 | 5292 Users | 395 Reviews
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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.
Details Appertaining To Books Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti #14)
| Title | : | Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti #14) |
| Author | : | Donna Leon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 355 pages |
| Published | : | May 2nd 2006 by Penguin Books (first published January 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Cultural. Italy. Crime |
Rating Appertaining To Books Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti #14)
Ratings: 3.86 From 5292 Users | 395 ReviewsEvaluation Appertaining To Books Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti #14)
Corruption is rampant in Donna Leon's Venice. Venetians might have invented quid pro quo. It seems impossible to get anything done there without one hand washing the other, so to speak. That holds true for the police as well. That is the milieu in which Commissario Guido Brunetti must operate. It's what he must deal with to extract information, investigate crimes, and achieve justice for the victims. In fact, in these dark stories, there is very little justice achieved.Leon always manages to88. Blood from a stone by Donna LeonWhen a Somali street vendor of counterfit handbags is killed on the street before Christmas, Brunetti is faced with the indifference of Venetian police and his own daughter. As he tries to unravel the motive and the killers, the case becomes even more tangled. When Brunetti finds a stash of diamonds in a salt box, things get gnarly. When he is told to back off because the higher ups in Rome are going to investigate, its waving a red flag in front of a bull.
This series continues to be enjoyable. I am very glad I discovered it.
This novel was written 10 years ago, but could have been written today. The stone referred to here are the blood diamonds - diamonds that have been used to fuel civil war conflicts in various African countries. When a black man from Africa - the assumption is that he is Senegalese - is shot dead in what is obviously an assassination, Brunetti investigates. He searches the apartment that the man shared with several other men and finds a bag of uncut diamonds in a bag of sugar. It isn't long
Coming highly recommended by several friends and fellow bloggers I found both of these 'Brunetti' books (numbers 10 and 14 in the series) to be everything they said they'd be ...... and more. And having seen the characters develop over these two books fully intend to read the other books in chronological order.Crime capers set in exquisitely described Venice, I found both A Sea Of Troubles (book 10) and, Blood From A Stone (book 14) to be a bit more relaxed and less graphic, one could almost say
This suited my mood. I wanted a light yet intelligent book that transported me to another, somewhat exotic place. Maybe a crime novel, but not bloody and grim, just intriguing. Donna Leon's Commisario Brunetti novels can fulfill this need, and this one, true to form, sufficed nicely. Venice... that's the ticket. I've been there a couple times and wandered the streets for days on end. So some of what was in this book was familiar, but Leon takes us behind the tourist sights to visit however
I think this may be my favorite Commissario Brunetti story yet. So many layers and all brought seamlessly together. I like that Leon never feels it necessary to tie everything up neatly. And of course as long as the story has enough of Paola, Raffi and Chiari and descriptions of their meals, I am happy!
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