Through a glass, darkly
by Leon, Donna
On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Brunetti and his assistant Vianello play hooky from the Questura in order to help Vianello's friend Marco Ribetti, arrested during an environmental protest. They secure his release, only to be faced by the fury of the man's father-in-law, Giovanni De Cal, a cantankerous glass factory owner who has been heard in the bars of Murano making violent threats about Ribetti. Brunetti's curiosity is piqued, and he finds himself drawn to Murano to investiga…
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- Full title :Through a glass, darkly / Donna Leon.
Summary
On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Brunetti and his assistant Vianello play hooky from the Questura in order to help Vianello's friend Marco Ribetti, arrested during an environmental protest. They secure his release, only to be faced by the fury of the man's father-in-law, Giovanni De Cal, a cantankerous glass factory owner who has been heard in the bars of Murano making violent threats about Ribetti. Brunetti's curiosity is piqued, and he finds himself drawn to Murano to investigate. Is De Cal the type of man to carry out his threats? Then one morning the body of De Cal's night watchman is found.
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin/Grove Press Book
- Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:326 pages ; : 18 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780143038061, 0143038060, 0871139375, 9780871139375
- oclc:ocm86117896
- LC Classification:PS3562.E534
- Dewey Decimal:813/.54
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