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Violence
Some
Two women critically injured; violence implied through the consequences
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Brief references to alcohol and social settings
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of complicity, abandonment, and institutional protection of the guilty carry the novel's moral weight
What this book is about
Two young American women are pulled from the Venetian lagoon after a boat accident leaves them critically injured. No one at the scene stays to help, and when Brunetti investigates, he finds a wall of silence around the men involved. The thirtieth Brunetti novel takes Brunetti's investigation across the Atlantic, probing the intersection of Venetian criminal networks and American connections in a story about complicity and the price of loyalty.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Women left for dead without assistance
Organized crime undertones
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