10/22/12

Uniform Justice by Donna Leon




 ★★★¼

GENRE: Mystery
SUBJECT:  blackmail, threats, cover-ups, military schools
SETTING: Venice, Italy
CHARACTERS: Commissario Guido Brunetti
DATE READ: October 15 - October 20
NO. OF PAGES: 286
Off the Shelf (pre-2012)? Source?:  yes, audio stockpile
CATEGORY: Math Class

PLOT:   3
CHARACTERIZATION:   3
TOPICS:   3
STYLE:   4
ORIGINALITY:   3
ADDICTIVENESS:   3
OWNERSHIP:   3
THRESHOLD QUALITY:   4
Average 3.25


This Commissario Brunetti chronicle tells of the discovery of young teenage boy found hanging at a military school, an apparent suicide.  However, as Guido investigates he finds that the family of the victim has been continually threatened due to the father's political activities.  Was the death a hazing gone bad, a payback to the father, or more sinister?

Donna Leon's storytelling always manages to captivate me while telling of some social problem in a mesmerizing locale.  Definitely another good tale in this series.

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