The Girl of His Dreams (Commissario Brunetti #17) Free Download By Donna Leon
| Title | : | The Girl of His Dreams (Commissario Brunetti #17) |
| Author | : | Donna Leon |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 276 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0871139804 |
Donna Leon s Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative portraits of Venetian life In her novels, food, family, art, history, and local politics play as central a role as an unsolved crime In The Girl of His Dreams when a friend of Brunetti s brother, a priest recently returned from years of missionary work, calls with a request, Br Donna Leon s Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative portraits of Venetian life In her novels, food, family, art, history, and local politics play as central a role as an unsolved crime In The Girl of His Dreams when a friend of Brunetti s brother, a priest recently returned from years of missionary work, calls with a request, Brunetti suspects the man s motives A new, American style Protestant sect has begun to meet in the city, and it s possible the priest is merely apprehensive of the competition But the preacher could also be fleecing his growing flock, so Brunetti and Paola, along with Inspector Vianello and his wife, go undercover.But the investigation has to be put aside when, one cold and rainy morning, a body is found floating in a canal It is a child, a gypsy girl Brunetti suspects she fell off a nearby roof while fleeing an apartment she had robbed He has to inform the distrustful parents, encamped on the mainland, and soon finds himself haunted by the crime and the girl Thought provoking, eye opening, and profoundly moving, The Girl of His Dreams is classic Donna Leon, a spectacular, heart wrenching addition to the series
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Donna Leon born September 29, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti.Donna Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty five years She has worked as a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College Europe UMUC Europe in Italy, then as a Professor Donna Leon born September 29, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti.Donna Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty five years She has worked as a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College Europe UMUC Europe in Italy, then as a Professor from 1981 to 1999 at the american military base of Vicenza Italy and a writer Her crime novels are all situated in or near Venice They are written in English and translated into many foreign languages, although not, by her request, into Italian Her ninth Brunetti novel, Friends in High Places, won the Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger in 2000.Series Commissario Brunetti 
Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti, #2)
Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti, #5)
Dressed for Death (Commissario Brunetti, #3)
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Donna Leon s Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative portraits of Venetian life In her novels, food,
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