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Professor and writer, he is known for his novels starring Venetian Commissioner Guido Brunetti, a central character of his entire work and which Donna Leon created in the early 1990s.
The famous conductor Helmut Wellauer appears dead, poisoned with potassium cyanide, during a representation of La Traviata in the famous Venetian theatre of La Fenice.
Barra the finding of a body in one of the city's channels, belonging to an American military, in whose investigation Brunetti discovers the corruption and relations between the armed forces of his country (Italy), the American and the Mafia in the industrial-military complexes, in addition to the fate given to toxic waste.
A transvestite man's body appears on the train tracks. But nothing is as simple as it seems.
Someone is killing prominent businessmen in Italy and, at first sight, the murders seem to be unrelated. However, Venice's most charming and tenacious detective, Deputy Commissioner Guido Brunetti, suspects a deadly bond.
When the American archaeologist Brett Lynch is beaten by two men in the hallway of her apartment in Venice, Brunetti is only concerned. After all, Lynch is not only foreign, but also said to have preferences for women rather than men and is involved with an opera diva. However, two days later, the renowned museum director Dottor Semenzato is found murdered, which horrifies all of Venice.
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