Donna Leon

Inspector Brunetti is called upon to investigate  the seemingly innocent plan of his father- in- law’s  best friend, the elderly Gonzalo Rodríguez de Tejeda, to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws this man would become heir to Gonzalo’s entire fortune, a prospect Gonzalo’s friends find appalling. Not long after Gonzalo unexpectedly passes away, one of his oldest friends is strangled in her hotel room; now with an urgent case to solve, Brunetti is drawn reluctantly into the long-hidden mystery in Gonzalo’s life that ultimately led to murder…
Unto Us a Son is Given is the 28^th Inspector Brunetti book, and once again, Donna Leon brilliantly follows the twists and turns of the human condition, reuniting us with some of crime fiction’s most memorable and enduring characters.