The seventeenth title in an excellent, unflagging series . . . The Girl of His Dreams marks an evolution, even a quiet revolution, in Leons storytelling. Times Literary SupplementIn The Girl of His Dreams, Donna Leon is writing at her fluent best. The IndependentA priest recently returned from years of missionary work has made a personal request of Commissario Guido Brunettibut the police detective suspects the mans motives. A new, Americanstyle Protestant sect has begun to meet in Venice, and its possible the priest is merely apprehensive of the competition. But the preacher could also be fleecing his growing flock, so Brunetti and Inspector Vianello, along with their wives, decide to go undercover. In the midst of the investigation, though, the body of a Gypsy child washes up in a canaland Brunetti finds himself haunted by both the crime and the girl . . .An artful examination of family ties as well as a cleareyed survey of the pros and cons of political correctness Evening Standard

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