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These novels are written so that one can pick them up in any order at any time without missing a. Originally from new york, she has lived in venice for over 25 years. The twentyfirst commissario brunetti mystery and donna leons biggest new york times bestseller yet. The way brunetti figures out what happened and who killed nava is firstrate donna leon plotting.
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