A Refiner's Fire

A Refiners Fire is a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyalties, featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. When two teenage gangs are arrested, the son of a local hero is implicated, but when Brunetti is asked to vet a man for a job, he discovers that he might not be such a hero after all. The story explores the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monfortes past and culminates in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption. Donna Leon is a master storyteller who interrogates the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 18 July 2024
Publisher: Cornerstone

Commissario Guido Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyalties. When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be such a hero after all. This seeming contradiction, and a brutal attack on one of Brunetti's colleagues by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti's attentions. Soon, he discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte's past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption. A Refiners Fire is Donna Leon at her very best: an elegant, sophisticated storyteller whose indelible characters become richer with each book, and who constantly interrogates the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.

Weight: 480g
Dimension: 241 x 162 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529154368