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At the request of his wife, Commissario Brunetti looks into the death of deaf, mentally disabled man who worked at their dry-cleaners and uncovers a mystery when the man left no official records and his mother is reluctant to speak to him.

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Main Author: Leon, Donna
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2013.
Series:Leon, Donna. Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery ; 22.
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Brunetti, Guido > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > Italy > Venice > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
People with disabilities > Crimes against > Fiction.
Venice (Italy) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
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Summary:At the request of his wife, Commissario Brunetti looks into the death of deaf, mentally disabled man who worked at their dry-cleaners and uncovers a mystery when the man left no official records and his mother is reluctant to speak to him.
Item Description:Map on lining papers.
Physical Description:276 p. : map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780802121011
0802121012
Author Notes:Donna Leon was born on September 29, 1942 in Montclair, New Jersey. She taught English literature in England, Switzerland, Iran, China, Italy and Saudi Arabia. She is the author of a Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery series. Friends in High Places, a novel from the series, won the Crime Writers Association Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction in 2000. German Television has produced 16 Commissario Brunetti mysteries for broadcast. She was a crime reviewer for the Sunday Times. She has written the libretto for a comic opera and has set up her own opera company, Il Complesso Barocco. Her titles Jewels of Pardise, The Golden Egg, By Its Cover, Falling in Love and The Waters of Eternal Youth made The New York Times Bestseller List.

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