Through a glass darkly

2006·55.6 MB·English

by  Leon, Donna

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
DONNA
LEON
Through
a Glass
A COMMISSARIO GUIDO BRUNETTI MYSTERY
$23.00
Praising Donna Leon's international best-
selling Commissario Guido Brunetti
detective series as one of the top to
savor, Time raved that "no one knows the
labyrinthine world of Venice or the way
favoritism and corruption shape Italian life like
Leon's Brunetti the thoughtful Venetian
. . .
cop with a love of food, an outspoken wife,
and a computer-hacker secretary who plays
man Friday to his detective." In this latest,
highly anticipated novel, Brunetti delves into
the secrets of the island of Murano, home of
the world-famous glass factories.
On a luminous spring day in Venice, Com-
missario Brunetti and his assistant, Vianello,
play hooky in order to help Vianello's friend,
Marco Ribetti, an environmental activist who
has been arrested during a protest. Brunetti
and Vianello manage to secure his release, but
on the steps ofthe Questura, they come face-
to-face with Ribetti's father-in-law, Giovanni
De Cal, a cantankerous glass-factory owner.
De Cal has been overheard in the bars of
Murano making violent threats about Ribetti.
Brunetti's curiosity is piqued, and he finds
himself drawn to Murano and its fornace,
where his father once worked, to investigate. Is
De Cal the type of man to carry out his
threats? By all accounts he is constantly angry,
bullying suppliers and fuming against environ-
mentalists. Then the body ofDe Cal's bookish
night watchman is found in front of the
blazing furnace of the glass factory, and
Brunetti's investigation turns serious. Did the
old man kill him?
An annotated copy ofDante's Inferno, found
at the scene of the crime, may contain the
—
clues Brunetti needs to solve the murder and
uncover who is ruining the waters ofVenice's
lagoon. But Brunetti needs the help ofhiswife,
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Through a Glass, Darkly
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