'In The Girl of His Dreams Donna Leon is writing at her fluent best.' The Independent 2008
Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Bestseller ____________________________________________ One rainy morning Commissario Brunetti
and Ispettore Vianello respond to an emergency call reporting a body floating near some steps
on the Grand Canal. Reaching down to pull it out Brunetti's wrist is caught by the silkiness
of golden hair and he sees a small foot - together he and Vianello lift a dead girl from the
water. But inconceivably no one has reported a missing child nor the theft of the gold
jewellery that she carries. Brunetti is drawn into a search not only for the cause of her death
but also for her identity her family and for the secrets that people will keep in order to
protect their children - be they innocent or guilty. From the canals and palazzi of Venice to
a gypsy encampment on the mainland Brunetti struggles with institutional prejudice and
entrenched criminality to try to unravel the fate of the dead child.
