The golden egg : a Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery / by Donna Leon.
The mentally handicapped man who worked at Brunetti's dry cleaners has just died of an overdose, and Brunetti's wife Paola loathes the idea that he lived and died without anyone noticing or helping him. To please his wife, Brunetti investigates the death, and is surprised to find nothing on the man: no birth certificate, no passport, nothing. As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects an aristocratic family might be connected. But why would anyone want this sweet, simple-minded man dead?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781624604997
- ISBN: 1624604994
- ISBN: 9781482100563
- ISBN: 1482100568
- Physical Description: 7 audio discs ( 482 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [North Kingstown, RI] : AudioGO, [2013]
- Copyright: ℗2013
Content descriptions
General Note: | Compact disc. "Sound Library" -- Container. Duration: 8:02:00. In container (17 cm.). |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by David Rintoul |
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Subject: | Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Police > Italy > Venice > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Venice (Italy) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Audiobooks. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Scenic Regional-Union | CDSP FIC LEO (Text) | 3004649756 | Compact Disc-Spoken | Available | - |
North Kansas City Public Library | AUDIO CD FICTION LEON 2013 (Text) | 0001001886454 | Audiobook | Available | - |
St. Joseph - East Hills Library | CD-S LEO (Text) | 32002005511132 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
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The Golden Egg
Over the years, the bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has conquered the hearts of mystery lovers all over the world. Brunetti is both a perceptive investigator and a principled family man, and through him, Leon has explored Venice in all its aspects: its history, beauty, food, and social life, but also its crime and corruption. In The Golden Egg , as the first leaves of autumn begin to fall, Vice Questore Patta asks Brunetti to look into a minor violation committed by the mayor's future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass political favors, but he has little choice but to comply. Then Brunetti's wife, Paola, comes to him with a request of her own. The mentally handicapped man who worked at their dry cleaners has just died of a sleeping pill overdose, and Paola loathes the idea that he lived and died without anyone noticing him, or helping him. To please his wife, Brunetti investigates the death, and is surprised to find nothing on the man: no birth certificate, no passport, no driver's license, no credit cards. As far as the Italian government is concerned, he never existed. And yet, there is the body. As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects an aristocratic family might be somehow connected to the death. But why would anyone want this sweet, simple-minded man dead?