Unto Us a Son Is Given (Commissario Brunetti Book 28)

Unto Us a Son Is Given (Commissario Brunetti Book 28)

â€œYour situation is always ambiguous, isnâ€™t it, Guido?â€, his father-in-law, Count Orazio Falier, observes of Donna Leonâ€™s soulful detective, Guido Brunetti, at the beginning of her superb 28th Brunetti novel, Unto Us A Son Is Given. â€œThe world we live in makes that necessary,â€ Brunetti presciently replies. Count Falier was urging his Venetian son-in-law to investigate, and preferably intervene in, the seemingly innocent plan of the Countâ€™s best friend, the elderly Gonzalo RodrÃguez de Tejada, to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws this man would then be heir to Gonzaloâ€™s entire fortune, a prospect Gonzaloâ€™s friends find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why the old man, a close family friend, canâ€™t be allowed his pleasure in peace.

And yet, what seems innocent on the Venetian surface can cause tsunamis beneath. Gonzalo unexpectedly, and literally, drops dead on the street, and one of his friends just arrived in Venice for the memorial service, is strangled in her hotel roomâ€”having earlier sent Gonzalo an email saying â€œWe are the only ones who know you cannot do this,â€ referring to the adoption. Now with an urgent case to solve, Brunetti reluctantly untangles the long-hidden mystery in Gonzaloâ€™s life that ultimately led to murderâ€”a resolution that brings him way more pain than satisfaction.

Once again, Donna Leon brilliantly plumbs the twists and turns of the human condition, reuniting us with some of crime fictionâ€™s most memorable and enduring characters.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atlantic Monthly Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-12-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atlantic Monthly Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-12-13
Format	Kindle eBook

Unto Us a Son Is Given (Commissario Brunetti Book 28)

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