The Golden Egg by Donna Leon
Review done by Karen Brits for BluJeans Books
The Golden Egg (Commissario Brunetti, #22) by Donna Leon | Goodreads
The Golden Egg by Donna Leon
The twenty-second instalment of the internationally acclaimed, bestselling Commissario Brunetti series.
It is always a pleasure to read a new Donna Leon book. Her themes are varied and interesting, with the city of Venice almost a character in every story.
The story behind the accidental death of Davide Cavanella unfolds with frightening slowness, for this man-child was not registered as a person and was an unofficial nobody. It is only Guido Brunetti’s persistence and acute human knowledge that brings a sweet revenge where it is due.
A gripping story of a mother that is less than loving, neighbours that did not want to get involved and a small light of genius that Davide left behind.