When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the building of his apartment years before,his first reaction,like any other Venetian,is to think of whom he knows who might bring pressure to bear on the relevant government department.But when the bureaucrat rings Brunetti at work,clearly scared,and is then found dead after a fall from scaffolding,something is clearly going on that has implications greater than the fate of Brunetti's own apartment…
作者简介 Donna Leon has in Venice for many years and previously in Switzerland,Iran,Saudi Arabia and China,where she worked as a teacher.She now combines writing with teaching English Literature at a university near Venice.Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed,and include The Death of Faith and A Noble Radiance.Friends in High Places is Donna Leon's ninth Brunetti novel.
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