Suffer the little children
Leon, Donna200902UU
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The quiet of the Venetian night is shattered as a band of armed men smash their way into Dr Gustavo Pedrolli's apartment, fracture his skull and grab his 18-month-old baby. And when Commissario Guido Brunetti arrives at the hospital to investigate, no one knows why the eminent paediatrician has suffered such a violent assault. The quiet of the Venetian night is shattered as a band of armed men smash their way into Dr Gustavo Pedrolli's apartment, fracture his skull and grab his eighteen-month-old baby. And when Commissario Guido Brunetti, pulled from his bed by the news, arrives at the hospital to investigate, no one knows why the eminent paediatrician has suffered such a violent assault. But soon Brunetti begins to uncover a story of infertility, desperation, and an underworld where babies can be bought for cash - linked with a money-making scam between pharmacists and doctors in the city. And knowledge can be as destructive as greed - certain information about one's neighbours can lead to all kinds of corruption and all sorts of pain.
Main title:
Suffer the little children / Donna Leon.
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Imprint:
London : Arrow Books Ltd : [distributor] TBS The Book Service Ltd : [distributor] Random House Australia : [distributor] Random House New Zealand Ltd : [distributor] Booksite Afrika : [distributor] Trafalgar Square, 2009.
Collation:
352 pages. ; 20cm.
Series title:
Series:
Commissario Brunetti Mystery ; 16
Notes:
Paperback.
Biography/History:
Donna Leon has lived in Venice for many years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Through a Glass, Darkly, Suffer the Little Children, and most recently, The Girl of His Dreams.
ISBN:
9780099536635 (pbk)
Dewey class:
AFCF
Language:
English
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BRN:
641308
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