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?

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Two different investigations concerning priests come together here: strange deaths at a nursing home run by a religious order; and the problem Brunettis daughter has at school with her religion teacher, a priest.

The prejudices still come strong and ugly: When Brunetti talks to Stefania, who deals in immobilia, he wants to sell a palazzo that's underwater at each Acqua Alta to Germans - because his father was a POW in Germany during WWII. Both, Brunetti and Stefania, find it completly okay to take revenge this way on unrelated people just for their nationality (it's not even mentioned if the prospective German buyers are the post-War generation or older).

We also see how much Brunetti has changed: in one of the early books, he had problems accepting the Count, his father-in-law, inviting them all to a dinner and afterwards a visit to a casino (with possibly skewed winnings). Now he uses the Counts influence to make "justice" in a broken system - but thereby also perpetuates the brokeness of the system. There are some interesting discussions about property over things and power, but the solution presented is that power over people in secret or untouchable organisations is countered with similar power, which is a morally dubious lesson.

It also leaves the questio that Brunetti owns a lot of debts now - some to Signorina Elena for her research, but some also to the Count. If those debts are called in - as Signorina Elena did in the last book - justice is not served, but subverted by Brunetti.

It's also unclear just how Opus Dei gets their enormous power. Yes, it's rumored about in real life, and we see the letter of a pious old person frightened and brainwashed by a priest regarding her inheritance. But how do people exert power/influence over civil hierarchies, like getting somebody to threaten Patta? Do they have photos or papers to blackmail people? Money for bribery? Are they simply calling in old favours? We are not told.

Another strange thing is Brunettis explanation as to why Chiara should take religious lesson in school, although her mother Paoloa is critical of the Church. First, he uses the justification that the children need to learn about religion because it's part of the history and culture of Europe. Which is correct, but can be done without a religious lesson taught by a Roman Catholic priest. The same content can be learned in a History of Church or Basic Theological course.
It also doesn't mean that Catholic religion must be taught, it's not the only religion in Europe.

Then, when his daughter has problems, Brunetti reflects that it's the children who suffer from their peers if they are excluded from the usual rites of passage like first communion. Which might also be correct (or not, I don't know how strong this is in Italian society), but is a different reasoning, and would not preclude that the parents talk critically about religion with the children.

I forgot the Entry - this is on its way to penelopwanders in Swiss.

A short stopover at home before continuing the holidays - I'll see if I can fit this into my bag or not - otherwise I'll read these two when I get back in a little over a week. Thanks for sending and making available!

This arrived as part of the Donna Leon spiral and is actually one of the few so far which I hadn't read previously. I did wonder whether this was written before or after Dan Brown's bestseller, which drew attention to Opus Dei. There were in fact a number of different themes touched on here, and it felt like the writer didn't quite carry any of them out to a satisfying conclusion. The ending particularly felt rather rushed. I do, nonetheless, enjoy Leon's writing on the whole and certainly appreciate plunging back into Venice which holds a number of memories for me.
Some uncertainty as to where this will go next. I'm waiting for instructions - Greece or Canada?
Thanks for making this spiral available, and thanks to those who've sent the books.

After a skip this now headed off the Swiss Alps and over to Ontario, Canada. Enjoy! Thanks for making these available.

Received with thanks today. Package 2 is also on it's way to me. I'll be waiting until I get through Package 2 before picking this up.

I think I was about 2/3 through this book before I had decided that yes, it was a mystery. It was SO SLOW. I came close to putting it down when I realized I was halfway through and there was no particular mystery yet. The ending felt rushed and forced, as well.

I guess one thing I have to give Leon credit for - these Brunetti books are not formulaic.

I'll have this out to MmeClinton in the next week or so.

My apologies - I forgot about these sitting waiting to go out… Got them in the mail to MmeClinton, hope she enjoys!

Part of a package of two Donna Leone books from my faithful bookcrosser friend in Canada!! Thank you once again for being willing to send on this series to me!

SIxth in the series, soon on its way to LyekkaMarengo in Pennsylvania. My review is on Shelfari.

Got this a while ago and just realized I didn't journal it. Haven't read this one yet and have no idea what to do with it when I'm done.

Never got any instructions on what to do with these books so they will be moving on, just not sure where or when. Maybe AAUW in State College, PA

I read the first few in the series and they sort of got to be repetitive. Started to dislike the main character which is always the kiss of death. Never read this one.