ReviewsLeon’s books shimmer in the grace of their setting and are warmed by the charm of their characters. ( The New York Times Book Review ) There’s atmosphere aplenty in Uniform Justice... Brunetti is a compelling character, a good man trying to stay on the honest path in a devious and twisted world. ( The Baltimore Sun ) Superb... An outstanding book, deserving of the widest audience possible, a chance for American readers to again experience a master practitioner’s art. ( Publishers Weekly , starred review), Leon’s books shimmer in the grace of their setting and are warmed by the charm of their characters. (The New York Times Book Review) There’s atmosphere aplenty in Uniform Justice... Brunetti is a compelling character, a good man trying to stay on the honest path in a devious and twisted world. (The Baltimore Sun) Superb... An outstanding book, deserving of the widest audience possible, a chance for American readers to again experience a master practitioner’s art. (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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SynopsisFor more than a decade Donna Leon has been a bestseller in Europe with a series of mysteries featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to solve a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity while maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption, and intrigue. In Uniform Justice , a young cadet has been found hanged, a presumed suicide, in Venice's elite military academy. Brunetti's sorrow for the boy, so close in age to his own son, is rivaled only by his contempt for a community that is more concernedwith protecting the reputation of the school, and its privileged students, than with finding the truth. The young man's father is a doctor and former politician. He is a man of an impeccable integrity who inexplicably avoids talking to the police. As Brunetti pursues his inquiry, he is faced with a wall of silence. Is the military protecting its own? Or has Brunetti uncovered a conspiracy far more sinister than that of a single death?, For more than a decade Donna Leon has been a bestseller in Europe with a series of mysteries featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to solve a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity while maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption, and intrigue.In Uniform Justice, a young cadet has been found hanged, a presumed suicide, in Venice's elite military academy. Brunetti's sorrow for the boy, so close in age to his own son, is rivaled only by his contempt for a community that is more concerned with protecting the reputation of the school, and its privileged students, than with finding the truth. The young man's father is a doctor and former politician. He is a man of an impeccable integrity who inexplicably avoids talking to the police. As Brunetti pursues his inquiry, he is faced with a wall of silence. Is the military protecting its own? Or has Brunetti uncovered a conspiracy far more sinister than that of a single death?