Trace Elements (Paperback)

Paperback. A new look for the twenty-ninth novel in Donna Leon's bestselling crime seriesTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Leon is a superb novelist . . .You can feel the tension, fear, horror - and wonder' The Times'They killed him. It was bad money.' A dying hospice patient gasps these cryptic words about her recently-deceased husband, who lost his life in a motorcycle accident. But what appears to be a private family tragedy turns into a bigger enigma when Brunetti discover the victim's ties to Venice's water supply. With the help of a Questura secretery, Elettra Sorzi, Brunetti will unveil the secret that lies behind the dying woman's accusation - one that threatens the health of the entire region. He discovers that her husband worked for a company that monitored the cleanliness of Venices water supply and that he had died in a motorcycle accident. Distracted briefly by Vice Questore Pattas obsession with youth crime in Venice, Brunetti turns to the remarkable research skills of Pattas secretary, Signora Elettra Zorzi. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.