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Violence
Some
Child sex tourism as the investigation's target; the criminal activity is discussed rather than depicted
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
The investigation involves a company accused of facilitating child sex tourism; handled with restraint
Substance Use
Barely any
Wine with meals
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The gap between what the law can do and what justice requires; Paola's act as the novel's moral center
What this book is about
Paola Brunetti — Guido's wife, a literature professor — is arrested for vandalizing the offices of a company she believes is engaged in child sex tourism. The man who runs the company has powerful connections. Brunetti's investigation of the company's activities runs parallel to his management of the consequences of Paola's arrest. Donna Leon's ninth Brunetti novel is her most explicitly focused on Paola as a moral agent in her own right — the one who acts while Brunetti investigates — and on the question of what righteous anger looks like inside an imperfect legal system.
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child sex tourism as the subject of the investigation
ninth of the Brunetti series
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