Death in a Strange Country

Death in a Strange Country (1993)[1] is the second novel in Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti mysteries set in Venice and the sequel to Death at La Fenice (1992).

Death in a Strange Country
AuthorDonna Leon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGuido Brunetti, #2
Genrecrime fiction, mystery
PublisherHarperCollins (US)
Chapmans (UK)
Publication date
1993
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN9780143115885
Preceded byDeath at La Fenice 
Followed byThe Anonymous Venetian 

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.

gollark: Yes. The Moon MUST be removed.
gollark: NO MORE, I say. NO MORE. We shall destroy it, and prevent it from unleashing its cruel gaze upon us.
gollark: For too long, it has sat there in the sky, mocking us.
gollark: And I am all for it.
gollark: This is obviously part of the conspiracy to remove the Moon.

References
  1. Leon, Donna (1993). Death in a Strange Country. New York: Penguin/Grove Press.
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