{"product_id":"9781529154368","title":"A Refiner's Fire","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Donna Leon\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18 July 2024 by Cornerstone (Hutchinson Heinemann) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e241 x 162 x 29mm | 480g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommissario Guido Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyaltiesWhen two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice’s campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be such a hero after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis seeming contradiction, and a brutal attack on one of Brunetti’s colleagues by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti’s attentions. Soon, he discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte’s past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Refiner’s Fire is Donna Leon at her very best: an elegant, sophisticated storyteller whose indelible characters become richer with each book, and who constantly interrogates the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donna Leon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153604751685,"sku":"9781529154368","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781529154368.jpg?v=1762272100","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781529154368","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}