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Acqua Alta

by Donna Leon · 1996

Venice detective Guido Brunetti swings into action when the curator of Venice's most prestigious museum turns up dead, bludgeoned by a priceless artifact, and American archaelogist Brett Lynch, a close friend, narrowly… more

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Oh, so seldom does fate cast our enemy into our hands, to do with as we will
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South. `But no name?, 'No, Guido. But I'll keep
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Is it starting here?’ Clearly, rhetorical. ‘I thought that sort of thing happened only in America.
Be kind and then be kind and then be kind,”’ she said in English.
No stinting here, not on the after-breakfast champagne.
There was no vanity here, only the calm acceptance of her own worth and of her own talent, and he knew enough about her past to realize how hard that must have been to achieve.

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Venice detective Guido Brunetti swings into action when the curator of Venice's most prestigious museum turns up dead, bludgeoned by a priceless artifact, and American archaelogist Brett Lynch, a close friend, narrowly escapes the killer

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First published
1996
Genre
Mystery
Goodreads rating
3.99 (18k ratings)

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