Книга: Leon, Donna «About Face»

About Face

Производитель: "Неизвестный"

At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He`s charmed - perhaps too charmed, suggests his wife Paola - by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino from the nearby city of Marghera. As part of a wider investigation into Mafia takeovers of businesses in the region, Guarino wants information about the owner of a trucking company who was found murdered in his office. He believes the man`s death is connected to the illegal transportation of refuse - and more sinister material - in his company`s trucks. No stranger to mutual suspicion and competition between rival Italian police departments, Brunetti is nevertheless puzzled by the younger man`s behaviour. Eventually Guarino agrees to email a photo of his suspect, but by the time the photograph arrives, he himself is dead. Was he killed because... ISBN:9780099533368

Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2014)

ISBN: 9780099533368

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Leon

Leon \Le"on\ (l[=e]"[o^]n), n. A lion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Источник: Leon

Donna

Donna Don"na, n. [It. donna, L. domina. See {Don}, {Dame}.] A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy. [1913 Webster]

Источник: Donna

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