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Violence
Some
A threat investigation; judicial corruption is the systemic context
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific texture of judicial corruption in Venice; the astrology thread as an examination of how people make decisions when they feel powerless
What this book is about
A judge in the Venetian court system is receiving threatening messages, and the case appears connected to the specific corruption of judges who have relationships with organized crime. Simultaneously, a relative of Brunetti's has lost money to an astrologer — a personal matter that shows Brunetti the specific vulnerability of people who seek meaning in irrational places. Donna Leon's nineteenth Brunetti novel weaves the two threads together in examining what it means to believe in things that cannot be proved: institutional corruption and personal faith in prophecy.
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nineteenth Brunetti novel by Donna Leon
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