Death and Judgment (Commissario Brunetti Book 4)
<b>Venice’s Commissario Brunetti takes on his “most difficult and politically sensitive case to date” in the gripping <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling series (</b><b><i>Booklist</i></b><b>).</b><br />  <br /> In <i>Death and Judgment</i>, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains. Meanwhile, in Santa Lucia, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard an intercity train. Suspecting a connection between the two tragedies, Brunetti digs deep for an answer, stumbling upon a seedy Venetian bar that holds the key to a crime network that reaches far beyond the laguna. But it will take another violent death in Venice before Brunetti and his colleagues begin to understand what is really going on.<br />  <br /> “No one is more graceful and accomplished than Leon.” —<i>The <i>Washington Post</i></i><br />  <br /> “The sophisticated but still moral Brunetti, with his love of food and his loving family, proves a worthy custodian of timeless values and verities.” —<i>The <i>Wall Street Journal</i></i><br />  <br /> “[Brunetti’s] humane police work is disarming, and his ambles through the city are a delight.” —<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br />  <br /> “The heady atmosphere of Venice and a galaxy of fully realized characters enrich this intriguing and finally horrifying tale.” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br />  <br /> “The first of Leon’s books to knit together all her strengths: endearing detective, jaundiced social pathology, and a paranoid eye for plotting on a grand scale.” —<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>