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Inspector Peroni is glad to be done with Verona, but he?s none too thrilled with Venice. The cuisine is an endless parade of soup, and the crime is as bland as the menu. The most nefarious crime Peroni?s supervisors can come up with is a gambling ring involving the city?s annual gondola race, and not only is it run by a local priest, but the proceeds go to charity. That?s no way for a highly decorated, handsome police inspector to get into the newspapers. But Peroni perks up when the show more gambling gondoliers appear to have some connection with a murdered lawyer, a stolen manuscript, and a sance involving an 18th-century courtesan. Now that?s a crime worth solving! show lessTags
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Inspector Achille Peroni is an Anglophile Neapolitan - well suited to the high life and the low life of Italian crime. Seconded to Venice, however, Peroni is soon bored by petty crime, until a murder galvanises him to enthusiastic activity. Amongst the criminal freemasonry of the gondoliers, and the crumbling palaces of the impoverished aristocracy, Peroni finds a web of intrigue which appears to be linked with the 18th century Venetian playwright, Goldoni. But is it fact or fantasy? And where among the canals and lagoons will the murderer strike again? - Futura jacket notes.
Average. The mystery series by Donna Leon set in Venice is much better.
Average. The mystery series by Donna Leon set in Venice is much better.
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DuMont's Kriminal-Bibliothek (1074)
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- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- Achille Peroni
- Important places
- Venice, Veneto, Italy
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- 45
- Popularity
- 660,848
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (2.90)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 1
