Guido Brunetti's break from work is interrupted when the body of a man is found in the lagoon. Unsure if it is suicide, accident or murder, Brunetti begins an investigation that leads him back into the past and the legacy of an industrial accident long forgotten by most people. As always with Donna Leon's books, the crime and its solution are just one part of the narrative. Venice, Brunetti, his family and friends are just as, if not more important. Charming and ironic as its predecessors, Earthly Remains is also a melancholy tale about the damage we are doing to the land and the future we are leaving to our children.
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