Book description
Commissario Brunetti is faced with another dark mystery.
In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, the gardens
of a deserted farmhouse have lain untouched for decades. But the new
owner, keen for renovations to begin, is summoned urgently to the
house when his workmen disturb a macabre grave.
Wild animals have done their grisly work and the human corpse is
badly decomposed. Then a valuable signet ring is found close by,
providing the first vital clue. It leads Commissario Guido Brunetti
right to the heart of aristocratic Venice, to a family still grieving
for its abducted son ...
Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50
Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist,
celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in
Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi
Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna's books
have been translated into 35 languages and have been published around
the world.
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, Fatal Remedies,
Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.
