Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Trace Elements

 

Trace Elements by Donna Leon  278 pp.

A woman dying of a terminal illness claims that her husband had "bad money" before he died in a motorbike accident. Unfortunately she dies as Commissarios Brunetti and Griffoni are talking to her leaving her two children orphaned. This disturbing event begins an investigation into whether her husband's death was truly an accident or a murder. Meanwhile, there is a pickpocket problem in Venice that Brunetti's boss wants removed from the city because it affects tourism but the Italian authorities keep releasing the perpetrators because they are juveniles. The investigation into the man in the accident leads to the water company responsible for testing the purity of the water supply and irregularities the victim knows about. This episode is more emotional than most in the series. 

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