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Venice detective Guido Brunetti swings into action when the curator of Venice's most prestigious museum turns up dead, bludgeoned by a priceless artifact, and American archaeologist Brett Lynch, a close friend, narrowly escapes the killer.

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Main Author: Leon, Donna
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grove Press, 2013.
Series:Leon, Donna. Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery ; 5.
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Brunetti, Guido > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > Italy > Fiction.
Americans > Italy > Fiction.
Venice (Italy) > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.
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Summary:Venice detective Guido Brunetti swings into action when the curator of Venice's most prestigious museum turns up dead, bludgeoned by a priceless artifact, and American archaeologist Brett Lynch, a close friend, narrowly escapes the killer.
Physical Description:396 pages
ISBN:9780802120281
0802120288
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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