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'The reader comes to look forward to Paola's elegant Venetian lunches as much as Brunetti does...The plot of Blood From A Stone both stands up to and complements the cast.... Comfort reading of the highest order.' TLSOn a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in Campo Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death - fake handbags of every designer label. The dead man had been working as a vú cumprá, one of the many Black Africans purveying goods out of hours, trading without work permits.When Commissario Brunetti arrives on the scene, his response is that of everybody involved: why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant? They have few social connections and little money; in-fighting is the obvious answer. But once Brunetti begins to investigate this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake...'Comissario Guido Brunetti, Donna Leon's exquisitely civilized and unflappable Venetian policeman. It's the ingenious way that she knits up-to-date plots with the history of the city that pleases... No one writes about the grey areas of life better.' Guardian'Leon writes with great literary panache and evocative power about the world's most beautiful and mysterious city.' Spectator'Donna Leon has a wonderful feel for the hidden evils that lie below the façade of the the magical city, and Brunetti, sturdy family man and cynic, is an endearing guide into the machinations of Italian society.' The Times

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