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A refiner's fire / Donna Leon.
By: Leon, Donna.
Publisher: London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024Description: 384 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781529154368 (hbk.) :; 1529154367 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Brunetti, Guido, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Crime | Crime | Crime & mystery fiction | Venice (Italy) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery stories.Summary: When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be such a hero after all. This seeming contradiction, and a brutal attack on one of Brunetti's colleagues by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti's attentions. Soon, he discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte's past, culminating in the fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be such a hero after all. This seeming contradiction, and a brutal attack on one of Brunetti's colleagues by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti's attentions. Soon, he discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte's past, culminating in the fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption.