Brunetti is asked by Elisabetta, an old acquaintance, to help her understand if her daughter is in danger. Brunetti involves discreetly his colleagues in this informal enquiry to realise a little late that he had forgotten to act as with every witness, check their background and be critical. He discovers a woman that gets out of control if she is not the sole centre of attention… and also an enormous tax fraud hidden behind a charity. Another classy Brunetti mystery… this one read during a holiday in Venice, so even better.
“Revenge, that deformed child of Justice, fed itself with blind desire, incapable of seeing what was ahead, caring nothing about means or method, about what it left destroyed in its wake.”