Suffer the Little Children (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #16) by Donna Leon
Suffer the Little Children (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #16) by Donna Leon
Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti is plunged into a family crisis in Suffer the Little Children when summoned in the middle of the night to the hospital bed of a senior pediatrician. Three men had burst into the doctor's apartment while the family was sleeping, attacked him, and taken his eighteen-month-old boy. Brunettis is confronted with more questions than answers, but what could have motivated an assault so violent that it has left the doctor mute? Who would dare to take the doctor's child? As Brunetti delves into the case, he begins to uncover a story of infertility, desperation, and illegal dealings. At the same time, Brunetti's colleague Inspector Vianello, discovers a moneymaking scam between pharmacists and doctors in the city. But it appears that one of the pharmacists is after more than money. Suffer the Little Children is a powerful mystery set in a beautifully realized Venice, a glorious town seething with big-city vice.
Grove Press, Softcover, 2007, 2017
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.