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Fatal Remedies
by Donna Leon
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As usual Donna Leon weaves larger issues into the fabric of Commissario Brunetti's police procedural mystery.
Brunett's wife Paola is arrested for throwing rocks into the front window of a travel agency because she wants to bring attention that these travel agencies are in fact arranging child sex tours to Asia for Italians. A few weeks into this incident the owner (Mitri) of the travel agency is murdered.
Paola is not a suspect since she was with Brunetti during the murder but she is dismayed that her actions might have brought attention to Mitri to get him killed.
Brunetti instead looks at the mode/method of murder which has been found in 3 similar cases in Italy. He tracks the murderer down who happens to work at the factory of Mitri's brother in law. He discovers that the factory has been selling expired medicine and placebos to NGO's which have been shipping them off to poorer countries. But in the end, he finds that the murder is due to money, a dispute between Mitri and his BIL.
As usual Donna Leon weaves larger issues into the fabric of Commissario Brunetti's police procedural mystery.
Brunett's wife Paola is arrested for throwing rocks into the front window of a travel agency because she wants to bring attention that these travel agencies are in fact arranging child sex tours to Asia for Italians. A few weeks into this incident the owner (Mitri) of the travel agency is murdered.
Paola is not a suspect since she was with Brunetti during the murder but she is dismayed that her actions might have brought attention to Mitri to get him killed.
Brunetti instead looks at the mode/method of murder which has been found in 3 similar cases in Italy. He tracks the murderer down who happens to work at the factory of Mitri's brother in law. He discovers that the factory has been selling expired medicine and placebos to NGO's which have been shipping them off to poorer countries. But in the end, he finds that the murder is due to money, a dispute between Mitri and his BIL.