Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Popular Genres

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

The Temptation of Forgiveness

The Temptation of Forgiveness

Donna Leon
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
In the twenty-seventh novel in Donna Leon's bestselling mystery series, a suspicious accident leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing unintended consequences

The memorable characters and Venetian drama that have long captivated Donna Leon’s many readers are on full display in The Temptation of Forgiveness. Surprised, if not dismayed, to discover from his superior, Vice-Questore Patta, that leaks are emanating from the Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is surprised more consequentially by the appearance of a friend of his wife’s, fearful that her son is using drugs and hopeful Brunetti can somehow intervene. When Tullio Gasparini, the woman’s husband, is found unconscious and with a serious brain injury at the foot of a bridge in Venice after midnight, Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boy’s behavior. But the truth, as Brunetti has experienced so often, is not straightforward.

As the twenty-seventh novel unfolds in Donna Leon’s exquisite chronicle of Venetian life in all its blissful and sordid aspects, Brunetti pursues several false and contradictory leads while growing ever more impressed by the intuition of his fellow Commissario, Claudia Griffoni, and by the endless resourcefulness and craftiness of Signorina Elettra, Patta’s secretary and gate-keeper. Exasperated by the petty bureaucracy that constantly bedevils him and threatens to expose Signorina Elettra, Brunetti is steadied by the embrace of his own family and by his passion for the classics. This predilection leads him to read Sophocles’ Antigone, and, in its light, consider the terrible consequences to which the actions of a tender heart can lead.
Language
English
Pages
272
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Release
March 20, 2018

The Temptation of Forgiveness

Donna Leon
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
In the twenty-seventh novel in Donna Leon's bestselling mystery series, a suspicious accident leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing unintended consequences

The memorable characters and Venetian drama that have long captivated Donna Leon’s many readers are on full display in The Temptation of Forgiveness. Surprised, if not dismayed, to discover from his superior, Vice-Questore Patta, that leaks are emanating from the Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is surprised more consequentially by the appearance of a friend of his wife’s, fearful that her son is using drugs and hopeful Brunetti can somehow intervene. When Tullio Gasparini, the woman’s husband, is found unconscious and with a serious brain injury at the foot of a bridge in Venice after midnight, Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boy’s behavior. But the truth, as Brunetti has experienced so often, is not straightforward.

As the twenty-seventh novel unfolds in Donna Leon’s exquisite chronicle of Venetian life in all its blissful and sordid aspects, Brunetti pursues several false and contradictory leads while growing ever more impressed by the intuition of his fellow Commissario, Claudia Griffoni, and by the endless resourcefulness and craftiness of Signorina Elettra, Patta’s secretary and gate-keeper. Exasperated by the petty bureaucracy that constantly bedevils him and threatens to expose Signorina Elettra, Brunetti is steadied by the embrace of his own family and by his passion for the classics. This predilection leads him to read Sophocles’ Antigone, and, in its light, consider the terrible consequences to which the actions of a tender heart can lead.
Language
English
Pages
272
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Release
March 20, 2018

More books from Donna Leon

Death at La Fenice

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Acqua Alta

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Dressed for Death

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Death in a Strange Country

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Friends in High Places

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Doctored Evidence

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A Noble Radiance

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Death and Judgment

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Fatal Remedies

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Girl of His Dreams

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Earthly Remains

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Waters of Eternal Youth

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Falling in Love

4.2/5 ( ratings)

By Its Cover

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Golden Egg

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Quietly in Their Sleep

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Drawing Conclusions

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Beastly Things

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Uniform Justice

4.1/5 ( ratings)

A Question of Belief

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?

loader