{"id":3954,"date":"2013-08-04T16:45:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T21:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2025-08-12T20:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:45:29","slug":"death-and-judgment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3954","title":{"rendered":"Death and Judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Death and Judgment<\/a><\/em> (1995) Donna Leon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is a very dark story.<\/p>\n

In fact, considering my mood, I probably should have chosen something completely different to re-read.<\/p>\n

Attorney Carlo Trevisan was shot on the train, his body discovered right before the train reached the next station. There seem to be no obvious suspects, but the more Brunetti looks into the death, the more odd coincidences appear, and the more the death seems to tie into another murder, in a different jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

This is another story with an ambiguous ending–some people are brought to justice, so to speak, but more than that, those with power cover up what they don’t want known.<\/p>\n

Very very dark.<\/p>\n

Mind you, the whole book isn’t dark, and we do get to see more and more of Vianello and Signorina Elettra.<\/p>\n

And there is always Brunetti’s humor.<\/p>\n

‘Tonight at ten?’<\/p>\n

‘How will I know you?’ Brunetti asked, hoping della Corte wouldn’t be a cop who looked like a cop.<\/p>\n

‘I’m bald. How will I know you?’<\/p>\n

‘I look like a cop.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I fear there is more dark than humor in this story.<\/p>\n

Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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