| In Venice, Italy Commissarrio Guido Brunette who is called to investigate an act of vandalism that has just been committed only to find that the culprit is his wife Paola Brunett,i a professor at the university. Her actions provoke a crisis in the Brunetti household. The involvement of his wife is not only personal but effects his professional career as he can be accused of police corruption and abuse of power. His wife is angry about the treatment of child prostitutes in eastern countries and the traffic in sex tourism. She breaks a window of a local travel agency that advertises trips to Thailand. Unfortunately she has broken the law and should be held accountable.
Guido Brunette is also involved in a current investigation of a bank robbery, as well as dealing with a witness to a mafia related murder. The witness is willing to testify to what he saw until his wife is murdered. But was she murdered by the mafia or was she murdered by her husband? | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 50% Special suspect? - relative Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Motive of antagonist - power The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime Setting Europe Yes European country: - Italy Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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