Leon, Donna
By its cover Donna Leon. - New York : Atlantic Monthly, [2014] - 237 pages : map ; 24 cm. - Commissario Brunetti Book 23 . - A Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery ; book 23 .
One afternoon, Commissario Guido Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director of a prestigious Venetian library. Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books. After a round of questioning, the case seems clear: the culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, an American professor from a Kansas university. The only problem--the man fled the library earlier that day, and after checking his credentials, the American professor doesn't exist. As the investigation proceeds, the suspects multiply. And when a seemingly harmless theologian, who had spent years reading at the library turns up brutally murdered, Brunetti must question his expectations about what makes a man innocent, or guilty.
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Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character)
Police--Italy--Venice
Murder--Investigation
Venice (Italy)
Leo 30
By its cover Donna Leon. - New York : Atlantic Monthly, [2014] - 237 pages : map ; 24 cm. - Commissario Brunetti Book 23 . - A Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery ; book 23 .
One afternoon, Commissario Guido Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director of a prestigious Venetian library. Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books. After a round of questioning, the case seems clear: the culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, an American professor from a Kansas university. The only problem--the man fled the library earlier that day, and after checking his credentials, the American professor doesn't exist. As the investigation proceeds, the suspects multiply. And when a seemingly harmless theologian, who had spent years reading at the library turns up brutally murdered, Brunetti must question his expectations about what makes a man innocent, or guilty.
9780802122643 0802122647
Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character)
Police--Italy--Venice
Murder--Investigation
Venice (Italy)
Leo 30