The Temptation of Forgiveness
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- USD 25.99
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- USD 25.99
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The New York Times–bestselling series transports us to "Donna Leon's enticing, troubled and beautiful Venice . . . Her latest mystery is one of her best" (Providence Journal).
A New York Times Book Review Best Crime Book of the Year • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A Financial Times Summer Book Pick • A Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine Most Anticipated Mystery of the Year
Commissario Guido Brunetti is surprised by the appearance of a friend of his wife's, fearful that her son is using drugs and hopeful Brunetti can somehow intervene. When the woman's husband is found unconscious with a serious brain injury at the foot of a bridge in Venice after midnight, Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boy's behavior. But the truth, as Brunetti has experienced so often, is not straightforward.
While Brunetti pursues several false and contradictory leads, he becomes exasperated by the petty bureaucracy that constantly bedevils him and threatens to expose Signorina Elettra, his superior's secretary. But steadied by the embrace of his own family and by his passion for the classics, he reads Sophocles's Antigone, and, in its light, considers the terrible consequences to which the actions of a tender heart can lead.
"It's the living, bleeding humanity of the characters that makes Donna Leon's police procedurals so engaging. . . . Tagging along after this sleuth is a wonderful way to see Venice like a native." ―The New York Times Book Review
"[A] droll and intelligent series." ―The Wall Street Journal
"[A] richly rewarding series . . . from a master of character-rich crime fiction." ―Booklist
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In Leon's thought-provoking 27th Commissario Guido Brunetti novel (after 2017's Earthly Remains), Elisa Crosera, a university colleague of Brunetti's wife, fears that her teenage son has fallen prey to unidentified drug dealers and approaches him for help. Armed only with an informant's tip, the Venetian policeman checks into the activities of a longtime dealer recently released from prison. When Crosera's accountant husband, Tullio Gasparini, is found on a bridge, suffering from serious head injuries, Brunetti wonders whether Gasparini was pursuing his own investigation and posed a threat to his son's drug connections. As Brunetti looks into Gasparini's movements and background, he uncovers strange behavior by Gasparini's aged aunt that may point to more sinister doings. Amid the procedural aspects of the case, vivid descriptions of Venice, and interludes with Brunetti's pesky superior, Leon offers intelligent reflections on the fallout that can harm both innocent and guilty in the quest for justice.
