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This is a short, fast moving piece of noir crime fiction from 1943. Its deliciously dark, a man and a woman join to commit a crime - possibly the perfect crime. Will they be caught? Can they trust each other?
This is a great single afternoon read - you wont get hugely involved with the characters - but enjoy the plot and the style.

#serieslove2024 #16 in Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries.Another achievement of complexity!
Brunetti is called out of bed in the middle of the night to question a senior pediatrician who was attacked during a home invasion.His 18 month old son was snatched away.
What Brunetti uncovers is a story of infertility,desperation,& illegal dealings.Meanwhile his colleague, Vianello,is following a line of inquiry regarding pharmacies‘ irregularities.

Here‘s my review for a book I just DNF‘d. It‘s ridiculous how long the second chapter was. I was still reading the second chapter today at the park when I was walking my dog and the investigation for the murder is still going on so I decided that I had enough.

Release date: 4/29/24

#netgalley #netgalleyarc #bookspinbingo #hailthebail

The chapters in this book don‘t have chapter numbers. Instead, they are labeled The First Day, The Second Day, The Third Day, The Fourth Day and The Fifth Day. I‘ve already read The First Day. Now, I‘m reading The Second Day. I‘ve been reading this chapter all night and I‘m still not done yet. Will this chapter ever end? If it doesn‘t end, I‘m going to DNF this book because this is ridiculous. It shouldn‘t take all night to read 1 chapter.

Lol. The detective is talking to someone else and then his phone started ringing. They weren‘t finished talking to each other yet.

Lol. The detective went to ring the doorbell at someone‘s house and his phone started ringing.

I just started this book. It‘s another Netgalley ARC. I‘ve been laughing since I started this book. Every time the detective in this book is talking to someone, his phone starts ringing and it interrupts the conversation he‘s having. When he answers the phone, he says to the person on the phone,”This really isn‘t a good time right now.” Why do people always call him when he‘s talking to someone else?

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#sunshinewellness #bookclubchoice

This book redeemed my last experience in the series.
I walked with Brunetti along Venice‘s cobbled streets & narrow alleys.We glided over canals & raced in water busses.We drank coffee & wine in its bars.A curmudgeon owner of a Murano glass making factory threatens the life of his environmentalist son-in-law because of his political stance.Then a night watchman in his factory dies under mysterious circumstances.Brunetti looks into both issues.