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The Golden Egg
The Golden Egg | Donna Leon
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In The Golden Egg, as the first leaves of autumn begin to fall, Vice Questore Patta asks Brunetti to look into a minor shop-keeping violation committed by the mayor’s future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass political favors, but he has little choice but to comply. Then Brunetti’s wife, Paola, comes to him with a request of her own. The mentally handicapped man who worked at their dry cleaner has just died of a sleeping pill overdose, and Paola loathes the idea that he lived and died without anyone noticing him, or helping him. Brunetti begins to investigate the death and is surprised when he finds nothing on the man: no birth certificate, no passport, no driver’s license, no credit cards. As far as the Italian government is concerned, he never existed. Stranger still, the dead man’s mother refuses to speak to the police, and assures Brunetti that her son’s identification papers were stolen in a burglary. As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects that the Lembos, an aristocratic family, might be somehow connected to the death. But why would anyone want this sweet, simple-minded man dead?
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Teresereading
The Golden Egg | Donna Leon
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My 92nd and penultimate read of 2018, working my way through the Guido Brunetti series, no 22 of 27. I‘ve never been to Venice but I love the way Donna Leon brings Venice to life; this time I learnt about the Cat Condominium at Santa Lorenzo and the Cat ladies. I so need to go to Venice,
Once again Brunetti appears to be ‘ free range‘ investigating a lonely, sad death that intrigues him.
#donnaleon #venice

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BookNAround
The Golden Egg | Donna Leon
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This is the book I got at our book club holiday party today. I‘m a big ole coward so I don‘t know if I should keep it or pass it along to someone less prone to nightmares. Opinions?

Crazeedi Commisario brunetti books are all excellent! I dont think they would cause nightmares, hes really into his meals, like any good Italian . I absolutely love a recommend this series 6y
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The Golden Egg | Donna Leon
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Wow! Simplistically complex and a kicker of an ending too. No one describes food better than Donna Leon too!