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Violence
Some
A historical kidnapping and a present-day death investigation
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Wine with meals
Emotional Intensity
Some
The long psychological damage of kidnapping on a family; the specific Italian wealthy class and how it manages its tragedies
What this book is about
The kidnapping of Roberto Lorenzoni — son of a wealthy Venetian family — three years ago was never solved, and the family quietly paid the ransom and moved on. Now a decomposed body has been found in a field, and Brunetti must investigate a death that the family desperately wants to remain closed. Donna Leon's eighth Brunetti novel is her most focused on the kidnapping industry that plagued Italy in the 1970s and '80s, and the specific psychology of a wealthy family that has organized its life around a secret.
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eighth of the Brunetti series
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