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Violence
Barely any
A suspicious death of an elderly woman; the investigation involves care and neglect
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific vulnerability of elderly people living alone in a city; what 'natural causes' means when the context is neglect
What this book is about
An elderly woman is found dead in her Venice apartment, apparently from natural causes — but found beside a cold radiator that should have been on. Commissario Brunetti's investigation into the circumstances of a death that almost wasn't investigated leads into the world of elderly Venetians living alone: their specific vulnerabilities, their dependence on neighbors, and the casual neglect that can allow a death to appear natural when it wasn't. Donna Leon's twentieth Brunetti novel is the most focused on aging and the particular vulnerability of the old in a city that is itself aging.
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twentieth Brunetti novel by Donna Leon
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