The death of faith : a Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery

SUMMARY: Donna Leons mastery of plot, her understanding of Venetian manners and mores, and above all her philosophical, unfailingly decent protagonist have made the Commissario Brunetti mysteries bestsellers around the world, including an ever-growing American audience. In "The Death of Faith," Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who is leaving her convent following the unexpected death of five patients. At first Brunettis inquiries reveal nothing amiss, and he wonders whether the nun is simply creating a smoke screen to justify abandoning her vocation. But perhaps she has stumbled onto something very real and very sinistersomething that puts her life in imminent danger. SUMMARY: Donna Leons mastery of plot, her understanding of Venetian manners and mores, and above all her philosophical, unfailingly decent protagonist have made the Commissario Brunetti mysteries bestsellers around the world, including an ever-growing American audience. In "The Death of Faith," Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who is leaving her convent following the unexpected death of five patients. At first Brunettis inquiries reveal nothing amiss, and he wonders whether the nun is simply creating a smoke screen to justify abandoning her vocation. But perhaps she has stumbled onto something very real and very sinistersomething that puts her life in imminent danger. Fiction,Political,General,Mystery & Detective,Crime & mystery,Crime & Thriller,Suspense,Mystery & Detective - General,Detective and mystery stories,Detective,Fiction - Mystery,Mystery,Police,Venice (Italy),Talking books,Italy,Nuns,Venice,Brunetti; Guido (Fictitious character) Maria Testa, better known to Brunetti as the nun who once cared for his mother, turns up at the Commissario's door. Maria has left her nursing convent after the suspicious deaths of five patients. Is she creating fears to justify abandoning her vocation, or is there a more sinister scenario? Kriminalroman fra Venezia. Commissario Brunetti opsøges af en ung sygeplejerske-nonne, som har forladt sit kloster efter 5 patienters uventede død. Kort efter bliver hun kørt ned, og Brunettis undersøgelser fører ham ind i det religiøse establishment, hvor der foregår meget bag kulisserne Commissario Guido Brunetti is kicking his heels, pondering the recent lack of crime in Venice, when a beautiful young woman appears at his office door. Now calling herself Maria Testa, his visitor is more familiar to him as Suor' Immacolata, a nun