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Unto us a son is given

Count Falier was urging his Venetian son-in-law to investigate, and preferably intervene in, the seemingly innocent plan of the Count's best friend, the elderly Gonzalo Rodriguez de Tejada, to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under arcane Italian inheritance laws this man would then be heir...

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Main Author: Leon, Donna (Author)
Corporate Authors: Recorded Books, Inc.
Other Authors: Colacci, David (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: Prince Frederick, Maryland : Recorded Books, [2019]
Edition: Unabridged.
Series: Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery ; 28.
Subjects:
Brunetti, Guido > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Adoption > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.
Summary: Count Falier was urging his Venetian son-in-law to investigate, and preferably intervene in, the seemingly innocent plan of the Count's best friend, the elderly Gonzalo Rodriguez de Tejada, to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under arcane Italian inheritance laws this man would then be heir to Gonzalo's entire fortune, a prospect Gonzalo's friends find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why the old man, a close family friend, can't be allowed his pleasure in peace. And yet, what seems innocent on the Venetian surface can cause tsunamis beneath. Gonzalo unexpectedly, and literally, drops dead on the street, and his good friend Berta Dodson, just arrived in Venice for the memorial service, is strangled in her hotel room-having earlier sent Gonzalo an email saying "We are the only ones who know you cannot do this," referring to the adoption. Now with an urgent case to solve, Brunetti reluctantly untangles the long-hidden mystery in Gonzalo's life that ultimately led to murder-a resolution that brings him way more pain than satisfaction.
Item Description: Compact disc.
In container (17 cm.).
Title from container.
Physical Description: 8 audio discs (9 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 09:15:00
ISBN: 9781980027751
1980027757
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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