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Unto Us a Son Is Given
(2019)(Book 28 in the Commissario Brunetti Mystery series)
A novel by Donna Leon
2019 Dagger Award for Best Book (nominee)
The New York Times bestseller: Venice shines through the pages of this novel. . . . Coupled with unexpected twists and turns [it] doesnt disappoint (Tulsa Book Review).
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller A Library Journal Mystery Bestseller A Booklist Best Crime Novel of the Year A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Guido Brunetti is urged by his father-in-law to investigateand preferably intervene inthe seemingly innocent plan of the elderly Gonzalo Rodríguez de Tejeda to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would then be heir to Gonzalos entire fortune, a prospect Gonzalos friends find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why the old man, a close family friend, cant be allowed his pleasure in peace.
And yet, what seems innocent on the Venetian surface can cause tsunamis below. Gonzalo unexpectedly drops dead on the street, and one of his friendswho just arrived in Venice for the memorial serviceis strangled in her hotel room. Now with an urgent case to solve, Brunetti reluctantly untangles the long-hidden mystery in Gonzalos life that has ultimately led to murder . . . a resolution that brings him more pain than satisfaction.
Like Louise Penny, Leon has cultivated an utterly devoted audience, ever anxious to get to know more about her characters. ��Booklist (starred review)
Redolent, as always, with the sights, smells, sounds, and mealtimes of the water-immersed city. . . . In Leons latest, a pleasantly deceptive lull . . . is dissolved with deadly force. ―The Seattle Review of Books
Genre: Mystery
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller A Library Journal Mystery Bestseller A Booklist Best Crime Novel of the Year A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Guido Brunetti is urged by his father-in-law to investigateand preferably intervene inthe seemingly innocent plan of the elderly Gonzalo Rodríguez de Tejeda to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would then be heir to Gonzalos entire fortune, a prospect Gonzalos friends find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why the old man, a close family friend, cant be allowed his pleasure in peace.
And yet, what seems innocent on the Venetian surface can cause tsunamis below. Gonzalo unexpectedly drops dead on the street, and one of his friendswho just arrived in Venice for the memorial serviceis strangled in her hotel room. Now with an urgent case to solve, Brunetti reluctantly untangles the long-hidden mystery in Gonzalos life that has ultimately led to murder . . . a resolution that brings him more pain than satisfaction.
Like Louise Penny, Leon has cultivated an utterly devoted audience, ever anxious to get to know more about her characters. ��Booklist (starred review)
Redolent, as always, with the sights, smells, sounds, and mealtimes of the water-immersed city. . . . In Leons latest, a pleasantly deceptive lull . . . is dissolved with deadly force. ―The Seattle Review of Books
Genre: Mystery
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