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Donna Leon is an author that writes mystery novels that are set in Venice. She has a series that revolve around a police commissioner named Guido Brunetti. This is the second book she wrote and she wrote it in the mid 1990s. Each one of her books addresses not only the story line of the mystery but incorporates a social issue. In this novel a young American soldier who is a health official at an American military base in Italy is murdered in Venice. A week later his girlfriend, who is a doctor at the base, is murdered. And soon a mafia connected businessman is robbed. Surrounding these crimes and the investigation of them a ring of illegal toxic waste dumping emerges. The illegal dumping of toxic waste is an international problem. Most of the articles I found online were written eight or ten years ago but AI chimes in that it is still happening and it is happening here in the United States too. So I don't think it is an issue that has been resolved completely although we are not hearing a lot about it recently. More information can be found HERE, HERE and HERE. This book is an interesting read as are all Donna Leon's novels. They also are books that bring world wide problems to the surface. Please click on the author's name and book title above and follow the links in the text for more information. The video that follows also has more information.
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