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Violence
Some
A violent assault and its investigation; the art world violence is kept in the background
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Wine with meals as constant atmosphere
Emotional Intensity
Some
The vulnerability of someone who has seen something they shouldn't and knows that speaking is dangerous; Venice itself as a character under threat
What this book is about
An American archaeologist — a friend of Brunetti's — is badly beaten in her apartment and refuses to tell Brunetti who did it or why. The investigation, conducted against the backdrop of acqua alta — Venice's periodic flooding — eventually leads into the city's art world and a forgery operation. Donna Leon's sixth Brunetti novel is her most explicitly about art and its relationship to commerce, and the flooding of Venice gives the physical setting a particular intensity.
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sixth of the Brunetti series
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