num_pages: 276
description: One rainy morning Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello respond to an emergency call reporting a body floating near some steps on the Grand Canal. Reaching down to pull it out Brunetti's wrist is caught by the silkiness of golden hair and he sees a small foot - together he and Vianello lift a dead girl from the water.But inconceivably no one has reported a missing child nor the theft of the gold jewellery that she carries. Brunetti is drawn into a search not only for the cause of her death but also for her identity her family and for the secrets that people will keep in order to protect their children - be they innocent or guilty.From the canals and palazzi of Venice to a gypsy encampment on the mainland Brunetti struggles with institutional prejudice and entrenched criminality to try to unravel the fate of the dead child.
language: English
title: The Girl of His Dreams
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press