Book

Earthly remains / Donna Leon.

ISBN: 9780802126474 (hc)
Physical Description: 308 pages : map ; 24 cm
Edition: First Grove Atlantic edition.
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017.

Summary:

Brunetti's endurance is tested more than ever before. During an interrogation of an entitles, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to regret. In the fallout, he realizes that he needs a break, needs to get away from the stifling problems of his work. When Brunetti is greanted leave from the Questura, his wife, Paola, suggests he stay at the villa of a relative on Sant'Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the <i>laguna</i>. There he intends to pass his days rowing, and his nights reading Pliny's <i>Natural History</i>. The recuperative stay goes according to plan until Davide Casati, the caretaker of the house on Sant'Erasmo, goes missing following a sudden storm. Now, Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his leave of absence and understand what happened to the man who had become his friend.