Synopsis : Download [PDF] Unto Us a Son Is Given (Commissario Brunetti #28) (Ebook pdf)
âœYour situation is always ambiguous, isnâTMt it, Guido?â, his father-in-law, Count Orazio Falier, observes of Donna LeonâTMs soulful detective, Guido Brunetti, at the beginning of her superb 28th Brunetti novel, Unto Us A Son Is Given. âœThe world we live in makes that necessary,â Brunetti presciently replies. Count Falier was urging his Venetian son-in-law to investigate, and preferably intervene in, the seemingly innocent plan of the CountâTMs best friend, the elderly Gonzalo RodrÃguez de Tejada, to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws this man would then be heir to GonzaloâTMs entire fortune, a prospect GonzaloâTMs friends find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why the old man, a close family friend, canâTMt be allowed his pleasure in peace. And yet, what seems innocent on the Venetian surface can cause tsunamis beneath. Gonzalo unexpectedly, and literally, drops dead on the street, and one of his friends just arrived in Venice for the memorial service, is strangled in her hotel roomâ”having earlier sent Gonzalo an email saying âœWe are the only ones who know you cannot do this,â referring to the adoption. Now with an urgent case to solve, Brunetti reluctantly untangles the long-hidden mystery in GonzaloâTMs life that ultimately led to murderâ”a resolution that brings him way more pain than satisfaction. Once again, Donna Leon brilliantly plumbs the twists and turns of the human condition, reuniting us with some of crime fictionâTMs most memorable and enduring characters.
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