Suffer the little children

Leon, Donna2007

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When Commissario Brunetti is summoned to the hospital bedside of a senior paediatrician whose skull has been fractured, he is confronted with more questions than answers. Three men have burst into the doctor's apartment in the middle of the night, attacked him and taken away his 18-month-old son. What can have motivated such an assault? PRAISE FOR 'The fabulous Donna Leon' Antonia Fraser in the Spectator Through A Glass, Darkly Operatic brilliance Donna Leon appears to have the knack of keeping her Venice-set Brunetti books as fresh as paint. Through A Glass, Darkly, like all her work, has the exuberance of a Puccini opera.' Independent As usual, Leons witty portrayal of modern Venetian life, and Brunettis model marriage, are as entertaining as the working out of the whodunit. A joy from start to finish. Evening Standard 'A wholly absorbing read. Sunday Telegraph Donna Leon Shes more than staked her claim to being one of Venices greatest contemporary chroniclers The smells, flavours, sights and sounds all come flooding to life. Henry Sutton, Daily Mirror Blood from A Stone '[Leon's passion for all things Venetian - churches palaces, statues and especially the food - comes over loud and clear whenever Brunetti steps from his apartment into the street... No one writes about the gey areas of life better.' Guardian Donna Leon has a wonderful feel for the hidden evils that lie below the facade of the the magical city.' The Times 'The thoughtful and charming [Brunetti] is on top form His nicely balanced worldis cumulatively engrossing. In this domestic detail, Leon roots the power of the ordinary, moral individual. Sunday Times