Commissario Brunetti meets a woman, Franca Marinello, who once must have been beautiful. Now, although she is still young, she has been disfigured by what seems to have been a bad facelift. Brunetti is troubled by her appearance but charmed by her very good taste in books (Virgil and Cicero). In the course of an investigation, he will learn a great deal more about her. . . as usual with Donna Leon, a very good read.
(Laurence Martin Euler - bwl 51 May 2009 ) |
