Blood from a stone

On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano. the closest witnesses are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death -- fake handbags of every designer label. The dead man had been working as a vu cumpra, one of...

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Main Author: Leon, Donna (Author)
Other Authors: Colacci, David (Narrator)
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Language:English
Published: Ashland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC, 2006.
Edition:Unabridged.
Series:Leon, Donna. Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery ; 14.
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Summary:On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano. the closest witnesses are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death -- fake handbags of every designer label. The dead man had been working as a vu cumpra, one of the many African immigrants purveying goods outside normal shop hours and without work permits. Commissario Brunetti's response is that of everybody involved: Why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant? Once Brunetti begins to investigate this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake. Warned by Patta, his supervisor, to resist further involvement in the case, how far will Brunetti be able to penetrate the murky subculture of Venice's illegal community?
Item Description:Unabridged.
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital
Playing Time:09:09:44
Format:Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 257953 KB).
ISBN:9780792741046
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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