{"product_id":"9780099533368","title":"Donna Leon - About Face","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Donna Leon. Themes include Fiction, Mystery \u0026amp; Detective, Police Procedural, Crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The very first sentences of \u003ci\u003eAbout Face\u003c\/i\u003e showcase Donna Leon's elegant, effortless style ... another great Brunetti outing\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________________________________________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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 \u003ci\u003etoo \u003c\/i\u003echarmed, suggests his wife Paola - by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually Guarino agrees to email a photo of his suspect, but by the time the photograph arrives, he himself is dead. Was he killed because he got too close? And how is it that Franca Marinello is involved?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58453009793398,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780099533368.jpg?v=1786632965","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780099533368","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}