The Girl of His Dreams

One rainy morning Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello respond to an emergency call reporting a body floating near some steps on the Grand Canal. Reaching down to pull it out, Brunetti's wrist is caught by the silkiness of golden hair, and he sees a small foot - together he and Vianello lift a dead girl from the water. But, inconceivably, no one has reported a missing child, nor the theft of the gold jewellery that she carries. Brunetti is drawn into a search not only for the cause of her death but also for her identity, her family, and for the secrets that people will keep in order to protect their children - be they innocent or guilty. From the canals and palazzi of Venice to a gypsy encampment on the mainland, Brunetti struggles with institutional prejudice and entrenched criminality to try to unravel the fate of the dead child.

ISBN 0099517647   Pages 336 ISBN13 9780099517641 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 232 Publisher Cornerstone   Published in London Imprint Arrow Books Ltd   Height (mm) 196 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 130 Publication date 05 Mar 2009   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 813.54   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

" Gorgeously written . . . the seventeenth book in this superlative series restates Leon's themes with more intensity than usual." -Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times Book Review"

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