Late one night, Commissario Guido Brunetti's telefonino rings. A old woman's body has been found in a Spartan apartment on Campo San Giacomo dell'Orio. Brunetti sees some signs of force on the old woman, but they could just as easily have been from the radiator near where she fell. When the medical examiner rules that the woman died of a heart attack, it seems there is nothing to investigate. But he can't shake the feeling that perhaps the woman was threatened.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780792777106
- File size: 268146 KB
- Duration: 09:18:38
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Publisher's Weekly
February 14, 2011
Leon's fine 20th Commisario Guido Brunetti mystery (after 2010's A Question of Belief) explores violence against women and the treatment of the elderly. The Venetian medical examiner has ruled that Costanza Altavilla, a widow in her 60s, died of a heart attack, but Brunetti has his doubts. The discovery of several changes of clothes in various sizes in the deceased's modest apartment and Brunetti's talks with the insightful Signorina Elettra reveal that Altavilla was running a safe house for women escaping domestic violence. Could one of the abusive men have confronted Altavilla and scared her to death? Brunetti's investigation takes him to an old-age home, where Altavilla volunteered, in search of answers. Leon provides a vivid view of Venice, balancing the city's "glory days" with the reality of "the flaking dandruff of sun-blasted paint peeling from shutters." Compassionate yet incorruptible, Brunetti knows that true justice doesn't always end in an arrest or a trial. -
AudioFile Magazine
Commissario Guido Brunetti, of Venice, returns to solve his twentieth mystery. Who murdered Costanza Altavilla, a 60-year-old retired teacher, and why? David Colacci's deep, lightly accented voice describes the beauty and decay of the floating city, along with its winding canals and disturbing crimes. As Brunetti peels back the layers of Senora Altavilla's life, he eventually discovers she helped women escape domestic violence. The story requires the listener's full attention as the clues unfold in Colacci's subtle performance. Colacci shines as Leon lays out the intricacies of Brunetti's investigation. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
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