Acqua alta
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Grove, [2009].
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 21 cm
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction | MYSTERY LEON 2009 | Checked Out | May 4, 2024 |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Archaeological thefts -- Fiction.
Archaeologists -- Fiction.
Art thefts -- Fiction
Brunetti, Guido -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
China -- Antiquities -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction
Museum curators -- Fiction
Musical fiction.
Opera -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
Police -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.
Archaeologists -- Fiction.
Art thefts -- Fiction
Brunetti, Guido -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
China -- Antiquities -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction
Museum curators -- Fiction
Musical fiction.
Opera -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
Police -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.
More Details
Published
New York : Grove, [2009].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally pubished: London : Macmillan Publishers, 1996.
General Note
Includes reading group guide.
Description
In Leon's fifth Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian Dotoressa Brett Lynch draws the contemporary Venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta, the torrential winter rains. Brett, an American who spearheaded a recent exhibition of Chinese pottery in Venice, lives with her lover, Flavia Petrelli, the reigning diva of La Scala. With his open mind and good sense, Brunetti finds himself more fazed by Flavia's breathtaking talent than by the nontraditional relationship between the two women. Brunetti's deliberate and humane investigation to uncover a motive for Brett's beating takes him to dark, wet corners of Venice and into a sinister web of art theft, fakery and base human desires.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Leon, D. (2009). Acqua alta . Grove.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Leon, Donna. 2009. Acqua Alta. Grove.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Leon, Donna. Acqua Alta Grove, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Leon, Donna. Acqua Alta Grove, 2009.
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