false 2464531 13 <div>Donna Leon&#8217;s <i>Commissario Guido Brunetti</i> mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative portraits of Venetian life. In her novels, food, family, art, history, and local politics play as central a role as an unsolved crime. In <i>The Girl of His Dreams</i> when a friend of Brunetti&#8217;s brother, a priest recently returned from years of missionary work, calls with a request, Brunetti suspects the man&#8217;s motives. A new, American-style Protestant sect has begun to meet in the city, and it&#8217;s possible the priest is merely apprehensive of the competition. But the preacher could also be fleecing his growing flock, so Brunetti and Paola, along with Inspector Vianello and his wife, go undercover. <br><br>But the investigation has to be put aside when, one cold and rainy morning, a body is found floating in a canal. It is a child, a gypsy girl. Brunetti suspects she fell off a nearby roof while fleeing an apartment she had robbed. He has to inform the distrustful parents, encamped on the mainland, and soon finds himself haunted by the crime--and the girl. Thought-provoking, eye-opening, and profoundly moving, <i>The Girl of His Dreams</i> is classic Donna Leon, a spectacular, heart-wrenching addition to the series. </div> 2080946 book 13 5 2008 The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery) total:293|5:35|4:114|3:104|2:33|1:7| 293 1016 418 82 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 22:53:21 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 22:59:31 -0700 2009 Amazon.com) who says it so m...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 08:40:20 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 07:57:52 -0700 2009
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