A Sea of Troubles

A Sea of Troubles (2001) Donna Leon

The tenth Commissario Brunetti mystery finds Signorina Elettra deciding to take a more active role in the investigation of the murders of a fisherman and his son.

We get Brunetti’s observations upon the people around him, of course.

Her smile, which exposed perfect teeth and permitted the appearance of only two small wrinkles at the corners of her mouth, gave Brunetti a suggestion of what she might have been had she not decided to devote her middle years to the reacquisition of her earlier ones.

I hope that I find myself becoming more and more like Brunetti.

Brunetti had more modest desires. He was a man of short views, interested in the here, the now, the concrete. He left larger goals and desires to others, contenting himself with smaller ones: a happy family, a decent life, the attempt to do his job as well as he could. It seemed to him little enough to ask of life, and he settled for those hopes.

It does seem little enough of life.

Be aware there are some unpleasant surprises in this book. Just so you know.
Rating: 8/10

Published by Grove Press

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