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Name: The golden egg
Author: Donna Leon

In Venice, Deputy Police Chief Vincenzo Patta is eager to keep a potential bribery case from scandalizing the mayor. Meanwhile, Commissario Guido Brunetti receives a devastating call from his wife, Paola, about the death of a former dry‑cleaning assistant—an adult male with a deaf‑mute condition and a childlike mental age—who was discovered dead after an alleged accidental overdose of his mother’s sleeping pills. Brunetti is forced to navigate the intersection of crime, political intrigue, and personal loss as he unravels the circumstances surrounding the death and the broader corruption at stake.

First publish date: 2014

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural

Authors: Donna Leon

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