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''Death in a Strange Country'' (1993) is the second novel in
Donna Leon Donna Leon (; born in Montclair, New Jersey) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. In 2003, she received the Corine Literature Prize. Leon lived in Veni ...
's Commissario Brunetti mysteries set in Venice and the sequel to '' Death at La Fenice'' (1992).


Plot summary

Early one morning Brunetti is confronted with the body of a young American serviceman fished out of a fetid Venetian canal. All clues point to a mugging, but robbery seems too convenient a motive. Then something incriminating is found in the dead man's flat, and Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody is taking great pains to provide an easy solution to the crime. When he uncovers collusion between U.S. bases abroad and international business interests involved in toxic waste disposal, he exposes the sinister face of the military-industrial complex. Add to this the corruption of Italian politics, and the reader sees Brunetti rendered helpless in the face of evil. Only a vengeful Sicilian mother can bring a bit of justice to the world Leon has created.


Adaptations

''Death in a Strange Country '' was adapted for television in 2006 by Teamworx Produktion GmbH as ''Endstation Venedig'', part of its '' Commissario Brunetti Mysteries'' series, starring Uwe Kockisch as Guido Brunetti.


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''Death in a Strange Country''
at italian-mysteries.com 1993 American novels Novels by Donna Leon Novels set in Venice American novels adapted into television shows {{1990s-crime-novel-stub