The Golden Egg by Donna Leon
Over the years, the bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has conquered the hearts of mystery lovers all over the world. Brunetti is both a perceptive investigator and a principled family man, and through him, Leon has explored Venice in all its aspects: its history, beauty, food, and social life, but also its crime and corruption. In The Golden Egg, as the first leaves of autumn begin to fall, Vice Questore Patta asks Brunetti to look into a minor violation committed by the mayor's future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass political favors, but he has little choice but to comply. Then Brunetti's wife, Paola, comes to him with a request of her own. The mentally handicapped man who worked at their dry cleaners has just died of a sleeping pill overdose, and Paola loathes the idea that he lived and died without anyone noticing him, or helping him. To please his wife, Brunetti investigates the death, and is surprised to find nothing on the man: no birth certificate, no passport, no driver's license, no credit cards. As far as the Italian government is concerned, he never existed. And yet, there is the body. As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects an aristocratic family might be somehow connected to the death. But why would anyone want this sweet, simple-minded man dead?-
Quietly in Their Sleep
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The Waters of Eternal Youth
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Dressed for Death
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Unto Us a Son Is Given
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A Refiner's Fire
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So Shall You Reap
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A Noble Radiance
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Death and Judgment
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Death in a Strange Country
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Trace Elements
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Falling in Love
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Fatal Remedies
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Uniform Justice
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The Girl of His Dreams
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Give Unto Others
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Transient Desires
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Drawing Conclusions
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Doctored Evidence
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By Its Cover
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Friends in High Places
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Suffer the Little Children
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Through a Glass, Darkly
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A Sea of Troubles
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Earthly Remains
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The Temptation of Forgiveness
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Beastly Things
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Willful Behavior
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Blood from a Stone
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About Face
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A Question of Belief
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Acqua Alta
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780802122421 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802122426 |
| Title | The Golden Egg |
| Author | Donna Leon |
| Series | The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Year published | 2014-03-11 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |