The American Writer Donna leon he owes his narrative glory to his fascination with Venice. Twenty-some years after starting to pull the thread of his first plot by Commissioner Brunetti through the city of canals, the indicated thread has made Venice a huge tapestry of cases. A narrative coexistence that adds yet another charm to the millennial city. If it is already fascinating to walk through those streets of evocation between decadent and magical, we add that point of noir that contrasts with the usual bath of light from the Adriatic.
In "Slaves of Desire" we find a plot that goes from less to more, it must be so because of the very foundation of a plot that makes us see everything as the researcher himself discovers it. Because in the beginning the breadcrumbs begin to leave that we will follow until we discover how everything takes on a new dimension. It's just a matter of not taking anything for granted and not underestimating the details ...
The appearance of two unconscious and seriously injured young girls at the entrance to the Civil Hospital in Venice puts Brunetti and Griffoni on the trail of two young Venetians who could have incurred in a crime of omission of the duty of relief. They are Marcelo Vio and Filiberto Duso, two friends since childhood, very different from each other: Duso works as a lawyer for his father's firm, while Vio stopped studying as a child and makes a living working for his uncle, who has a freight transport business and a small fleet of boats.
But what at first seemed like a prank by two young people who just wanted to have a good time, will uncover something much more serious: a connection with the illegal trafficking mafia in charge of bringing African immigrants to Venice. Brunetti and Griffoni will have to join forces with a new ally, Captain Ignazio Alaimo, the officer in charge of the Capitaneria di Porto, who has been tracking the smugglers for years.
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