Description
When a man’s body is discovered in a canal—damaged by the tides, stripped of identifying details, and wearing only one shoe—Commissario Brunetti is forced to piece together a case from fragments and unsettling clues. As the investigation draws him toward the machinery behind Italy’s meat industry, the mystery expands into a harrowing look at the practices and pressures that can thrive behind closed doors. With her signature blend of procedural precision and moral urgency, Donna Leon turns a gripping crime into a broader meditation on exploitation, public health, and the cost of silence. In this latest installment of her acclaimed series, Brunetti must navigate both the streets and the systems that make “beastly things” possible—before the truth is buried as thoroughly as the evidence.
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paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2013
368 pages
ISBN: 9780099564836
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First Published
2012
Language
eng
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