A corpse in a canal, that of a Sri Lankan man Brunetti met a few days ago. The Sri Lankan was in Italy illegally, but had been working for a wealthy couple for eight years. The couple, she deeply saddened by the death, he indifferent, have nothing to contribute to the investigation. But Guido goes through the dead man’s books and wonders why he finds clippings from articles about Italian political terrorists active in the 1980s. A little help from a dog and Brunetti will solve the case. Guido Brunetti Number 32… and I always enjoy reading one every year.
“Theft had displeased him then as much as it did now. About deceit, however, Brunetti had a far more elastic opinion. It was bad when used against him, a useful weapon when it was his turn to use it. To some it might be evidence of a moral failure. Brunetti had persuaded himself that it was merely a pragmatic survival skill.”
Read and listened to as an audiobook