Trace Elements

Author: Donna Leon

Number of Pages: 288

A new look for the twenty-ninth novel in Donna Leon’s bestselling crime series THE 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.