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Blood from a Stone: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
In these mysteries, set in Venice, what is most interesting is not the plot, although this one keeps your interest all through the book, it's the atmosphere, the relationships, the ups and downs of the professional and personal life of Commissario Brunetti. The story is set right before Christmas in a rainy and grey Venice where shadows are pulling strings behind the scenes and the death of a street vendor is everything but simple. We get the usual mix of what makes a good Donna Leon book: family connections, social issues that we can relate to and Venice not as a pretty postcard but as a living, breathing city.
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