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The girl of his dreams

Part of the A Commissario Brunetti mystery series
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'In The Girl of His Dreams, Donna Leon is writing at her fluent best.' The Independent2008 Washington Post Book World Best Book of the YearIndependent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller____________________________________________One rainy morning Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello respond to an emergency call reporting a body floating near some steps on the Grand Canal.

Reaching down to pull it out, Brunetti's wrist is caught by the silkiness of golden hair, and he sees a small foot - together he and Vianello lift a dead girl from the water. But, inconceivably, no one has reported a missing child, nor the theft of the gold jewellery that she carries.

Brunetti is drawn into a search not only for the cause of her death but also for her identity, her family, and for the secrets that people will keep in order to protect their children - be they innocent or guilty. From the canals and palazzi of Venice to a gypsy encampment on the mainland, Brunetti struggles with institutional prejudice and entrenched criminality to try to unravel the fate of the dead child.

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Arrow Books Ltd
0099517647 / 9780099517641
Paperback / softback
813.54
05/03/2009
United Kingdom
English
Modern crime
307 p. : map
20 cm
Reprint. Originally published: London: William Heinemann, 2008.