Suffer the Little Children - Hardcover

Leon, Donna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 043401625X ISBN 13: 9780434016259

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

When Commissario Brunetti is summoned to the hospital bedside of a senior paediatrician whose skull has been fractured in a brutal attack, he is confronted with more questions than answers. Three men have burst into the doctor's apartment in the middle of the night, attacked him and taken away his eighteen-month old son. What can have motivated such a violent assault? As he investigates Brunetti begins to uncover a story of infertility, desperation, and an underworld in which babies can be bought for cash. Meanwhile, Inspector Vianello has uncovered a money-making scam between pharmacists and doctors in the city. But one of the pharmacists is motivated by more than thoughts of gain - the power of knowledge and delusions of moral rectitude can be as destructive and powerful as love of money. And certain information about one's neighbours can lead to all kinds of corruption and all sorts of pain...Donna Leon's new novel is as subtle and gripping as ever, set in a beautifully-realised Venice, seething with small-town malice.

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Review:

`As ever, Leon writes with an insider's knowledge of Venice, expertly navigating its complex geography.' -- The Sunday Times

`Leon started out with offhand, elegant excellence, and has simply kept it up.' -- The Guardian

`Leon tackles this difficult issue sensitively, without stinting on mouth-watering descriptions of Venice.' -- Telegraph

`Suffer the Little Children is Donna Leon at her best, deftly mixing Commissario Guido Brunetti's detective work with perceptive awareness of social issues.' -- The Times

`Well up to expectations' -- Sunday Telegraph

From the Publisher:

The wonderful new Commissario Brunetti mystery, from the Silver Dagger winner Donna Leon.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 043401625X
• ISBN 13: 9780434016259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272