About Face av Donna Leon

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<p><b><br>''The very first sentences of <i>About Face</i> showcase Donna Leon''s elegant, effortless style ... another great Brunetti outing</b>.<b>''</b><i>The Independent</i><br><br><b>Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller</b><br>____________________________________________<br><br>At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He''s charmed - perhaps <i>too </i>charmed, suggests his wife Paola - by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. <br><br>A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino from the nearby city of Marghera. As part of a wider investigation into Mafia takeovers of businesses in the region, Guarino wants information about the owner of a trucking company who was found murdered in his office. He believes the man''s death is connected to the illegal transportation of refuse - and more sinister material - in his c