A Refiner’s Fire
Donna Leon
£22.00
Description
Commissario Guido Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyalties
When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice’s campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be such a hero after all.
This seeming contradiction, and a brutal attack on one of Brunetti’s colleagues by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti’s attentions. Soon, he discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte’s past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption.
A Refiner’s Fire is Donna Leon at her very best: an elegant, sophisticated storyteller whose indelible characters become richer with each book, and who constantly interrogates the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.
Publisher Review
Crime writing of the highest order * Guardian * One of the best European novelists around — Amanda Craig The series that has shadowed Brunetti for three decades is an epic achievement * The Times * One of the most subtle and exquisite detective series ever * Washington Post * This is Donna Leon at her very best, with rich characters and elegant, sophisticated storytelling * Dead Good Books – The best crime and thriller books of 2024 *
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