The tandem Donna leon - Brunetti returns to shoot in perfect tune to offer us a new and impeccable plot of crime novel where the foundation of the crime is hidden between personal aspects that sprinkle on Brunetti with ruthless realism.
Although Brunetti is used to directing his investigations through the stormy waters of crime, this time his ship is on the verge of overflowing. A teenager who seems capable of everything, even beating his father to the point of death, a possible mole capable of destabilizing the entire Questura where Brunetti carries out his police duties, a possible fraud that would attack the coffers of the battered health system from Venice ...
Each process should entail an individualized investigation, but cases have the quirk of piling up and even crisscrossing on Brunetti's table. In these circumstances, being able to devote your full attention to each of the clues, to the signs or motives that can lead to evil, is not always easy, to the point that details can be overlooked. And Brunetti knows that without his focused deductive ability, the truth may be slipping through his hands.
In a recently reviewed book: All the truthWe are facing a CIA agent who is in the position of protecting her family over and above her professional duty… In this sense, what happens to the mother of the troublesome teenager is that she may be covering him up too much.
And the final secret of everything that happens during Brunetti's various investigations may reside in the young man. His behavior change can be seen as that difficult transition of some adolescents ... but it is likely that it is a lot more than that.
A branched crime novel, a story with different aspects that assail the reader with each new chapter. A new adventure for Brunetti at the controls of his most complex case.
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