Suffer the little children
by Donna Leon
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When Commissario Brunetti is summoned in the middle of the night to the hospital bed of a pediatrician, he is confronted with more questions than answers. Three men--a young carabiniere captain and two privates from out of town--burst into the doctor's apartment while the family was sleeping, attacked him, and took away his eighteen-month-old boy. What could have motivated an assault by the forces of the state that was so violent it has left the doctor mute? As Brunetti delves into the case, he begins to uncover a story of infertility, desperation, and illegal dealings. Then his colleague, Inspector Vianello, discovers a money-making scam between pharmacists and doctors in the city. Medical records are missing and it appears as if one of the pharmacists is after more than money. What secrets are in the records? And what has been done with them?
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Mystery, Physicians, Kidnapping, Police, Crimes against, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Pediatricians, Pharmacists, Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character), Brunetti, guido (fictitious character), fiction, Physicians, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Venice (italy), fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Crime, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiledPlaces
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2010, Random House Group Limited
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March 30, 2010, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Suffer the Little Children: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
May 10, 2007, Atlantic Monthly Press
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May 22, 2007, BBC Audiobooks America
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The wonderful new Commissario Brunetti mystery, from the Silver Dagger winner Donna Leon.The quiet of the Venetian night is shattered as a band of armed men smash their way into Dr Gustavo Pedrolli's apartment, fracture his skull and grab his eighteen-month-old baby. And when Commissario Guido Brunetti, pulled from his bed by the news, arrives at the hospital to investigate, no one knows why the eminent paediatrician has suffered such a violent assault. But soon Brunetti begins to uncover a story of infertility, desperation, and an underworld where babies can be bought for cash – linked with a money-making scam between pharmacists and doctors in the city. And knowledge can be as destructive as greed – certain information about one's neighbours can lead to all kinds of corruption and all sorts of pain.
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