{"product_id":"9780802120649","title":"Donna Leon - The Jewels of Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Donna Leon. Themes include Fiction, Mystery \u0026amp; Detective, Private Investigators, Crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. With The Jewels of Paradise, Leon takes readers beyond the world of the Venetian Questura in her first standalone novel.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, she's had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina gets word of a position back home, she jumps at the opportunity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The job is an unusual one. After nearly three centuries, two locked trunks, believed to contain the papers of a baroque composer have been discovered. Deeply-connected in religious and political circles, the composer died childless; now two Venetians, descendants of his cousins, each claim inheritance. Caterina's job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the \"testamentary disposition\" of the composer. But when her research takes her in unexpected directions she begins to wonder just what secrets these trunks may hold. From a masterful writer, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewels of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb novel, a gripping tale of intrigue, music, history and greed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\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":58451408519542,"sku":null,"price":12.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780802120649.jpg?v=1786615535","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780802120649","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}