Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative portraits of Venetian life. In her novels, food, family, art, history, and local politics play as central a role as an unsolved crime. In The Girl of His Dreams when a friend of Brunetti's brother, a priest recently returned from years of missionary work, calls with a request, Brunetti suspects the man's motives. A new, American-style Protestant sect has begun to meet in the city, and it's possible the priest is merely apprehensive of the competition. But the preacher could also be fleecing his growing flock, so Brunetti and Paola, along with Inspector Vianello and his wife, go undercover.
But the investigation has to be put aside when, one cold and rainy morning, a body is found floating in a canal. It is a child, a gypsy girl. Brunetti suspects she fell off a nearby roof while fleeing an apartment she had robbed. He has to inform the distrustful parents, encamped on the mainland, and soon finds himself haunted by the crime--and the girl. Thought-provoking, eye-opening, and profoundly moving, The Girl of His Dreams is classic Donna Leon, a spectacular, heart-wrenching addition to the series.
But the investigation has to be put aside when, one cold and rainy morning, a body is found floating in a canal. It is a child, a gypsy girl. Brunetti suspects she fell off a nearby roof while fleeing an apartment she had robbed. He has to inform the distrustful parents, encamped on the mainland, and soon finds himself haunted by the crime--and the girl. Thought-provoking, eye-opening, and profoundly moving, The Girl of His Dreams is classic Donna Leon, a spectacular, heart-wrenching addition to the series.
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Hardback Editions
September 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Girl of His Dreams (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery Series) Author(s): Donna Leon ISBN: 1-4104-0874-4 / 978-1-4104-0874-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Gale Cengage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery) Author(s): Donna Leon ISBN: 0-87113-980-4 / 978-0-87113-980-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Girl of His Dreams Author(s): Donna Leon ISBN: 0-434-01802-3 / 978-0-434-01802-4 (UK edition) Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Girl of His Dreams Author(s): Donna Leon ISBN: 0-09-951764-7 / 978-0-09-951764-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
April 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Girl of His Dreams, The Author(s): Donna Leon ISBN: 0-434-01803-1 / 978-0-434-01803-1 (UK edition) Publisher: William Heinemann Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
May 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Brunetti Mystery) Author(s): Donna Leon ISBN: 1-60283-404-0 / 9781602834040 (USA edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
April 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Girl of His Dreams Author(s): Donna Leon ISBN: 1-84657-132-4 / 9781846571329 (UK edition) Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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