Donna Leon

Blood from a Stone Donna Leon

Marc Notes: Read by David Colacci.; Unabridged.; Compact disc.; The murder of an anonymous African street vendor, an inoffensive, possibly illegal Senegalese immigrant, explodes into a many-layered conundrum. Publisher Marketing: On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano. The closest witnesses are the tourists who had been browsing the man s wares before his death fake handbags of every designer label. The dead man had been working as a vu cumpra, one of the many African immigrants purveying goods outside normal shop hours and without work permits. Commissario Brunetti s response is that of everybody involved: Why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant? Once Brunetti begins to investigate this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake. Warned by Patta, his supervisor, to resist further involvement in the case, how far will Brunetti be able to penetrate the murky subculture of Venice s illegal community?" Review Citations: Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 81 (EAN 9781572704688, Compact Disc) New York Times 06/11/2006 pg. 32 (EAN 9780143036982, Mass Market Paperbound) Library Journal 03/01/2006 pg. 133 (EAN 9780792736233, MP3 CD) - *Starred Review Library Journal 03/01/2006 pg. 133 (EAN 9780792735465, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Library Journal 03/01/2006 pg. 133 (EAN 9780792735458, Analog Audio Cassette) - *Starred Review Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 76 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 81 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 05/13/2005 pg. 92 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) Romantic Times 05/01/2005 pg. 91 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) USA Today 05/11/2005 pg. 1 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) New York Times 05/22/2005 pg. 21 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) Time 08/29/2005 pg. 74 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/15/2005 pg. 86 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) Library Journal 01/01/2005 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2005 pg. 320 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 03/01/2005 pg. 1148 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 03/21/2005 pg. 38 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 596 (EAN 9780871138873, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 596 (EAN 9780143117094, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Leon, Donna Donna Leon has written four previous Guido Brunetti novels, Death and Judgment, Dressed for Death, Death in a Strange Country, and Death at La Fenice, which won the Suntory Prize for the best suspense novel of 1991. She teaches English at the University of Maryland extension at a U. S. Air Force base near Venice Italy, where she has lived for over twenty years. Contributor Bio:  Colacci, David David Colacci has worked as a narrator for over fifteen years, during which time he has won "AudioFile" Earphones Awards, earned Audie nominations, and been included on Best of Year lists by such publications as "Publishers Weekly", "AudioFile" magazine, and "Library Journal".