Give Unto Others (A Commissario Brunetti Mystery)

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As usual the circuitous way around the rules and the food and Guido's attitude towards the good and evil he sees is a great balance to our lives now in the US.

It lacked any real pace and felt like a very sluggish read, almost like I’m wading through every page. I am very much drawn to the strong moral compass that governs Commissiaro Brunetti but also throughly enjoy time with his family and the description of the delicious meals they enjoy. Of course, Brunetti and his team will wrap up everything but not without some big surprises and revelations that were never meant to see the light of day. I was saving it until closer to the publication date, but on a particularly bleak day leading up to Christmas.Is the effort to raise funds for a hospital in a poor country legitimate or a tax fraud, and should the investigation be handed over to the financial arm?

This book gives a glimpse of Brunetti's backstory, of his parents and brother, of his mother's death from Alzheimer's as a childhood acquaintance asks a favor of him, an investigation into "something upsetting and threatening her son-in-law". Money laundering and fraud are the criminal activities here, but the real interest is in the social and family dynamics of the characters, one of which, as always, is Venice itself. Between almost every 2 sentences, Leon explains that the speaker has paused or looked away or had such and such an expression, etc. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Even as an entry in such an idiosyncratic (and appealing) series, this case is one of the most personal our protagonist – a thoughtful, compassionate man – has faced.There are contemplations on legal loopholes, exploitation of charities and exploitation of relationships as a means to an end.