Blood from a Stone - Un Unlikely Victim An Elusive Killer An Inexplicable Murder?
Reduzierte Artikel in dieser Kategorie
| Verlag | Random House UK |
| Auflage | 2009 |
| Seiten | 368 |
| Format | 13,1 x 19,7 x 2,4 cm |
| B-format paperback | |
| Gewicht | 260 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | A Commissario Brunetti Mystery 14 |
| ISBN-10 | 0099536544 |
| EAN | 9780099536543 |
| Bestell-Nr | 09953654EA |
Ein Fliegender Händler ist ermordet aufgefunden worden, einer der vielen Schwarzafrikaner, die ihre Waren illegal auf den Straßen Venedigs anbieten. Ein Streit unter Immigranten? Brunetti hakt trotz Warnungen nach und entdeckt Verbindungen zur venezianischen Unterwelt
Kurzbeschreibung:
The stunning fourteenth Commissario Brunetti mystery takes our detective into a world of illegal immigrants and diamond smuggling, from bestselling crime writer Donna Leon.
Klappentext:
'The thoughtful and charming [Brunetti] is on top form . . . His nicely balanced world . . . is cumulatively engrossing. In this domestic detail, Leon roots the power of the ordinary, moral individual.' Sunday Times
Winner of the Spoken Word Awards Silver Award
__________________________________
On a cold night shortly before Christmas, an immigrant street vendor is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death - fake handbags of every designer label - but they have seen nothing that might be of much help to the police.
When Commissario Brunetti arrives on the scene, he finds it hard to understand why anyone would murder an illegal immigrant. They have few social connections and little money; in-fighting among them is the obvious answer. But once Brunetti begins investigating this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value a re at stake in the immigrant community...
Rezension:
The thoughtful and charming [Brunetti] is on top form . . . His nicely balanced world . . . is cumulatively engrossing. In this domestic detail, Leon roots the power of the ordinary, moral individual Sunday Times
