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A stingy widow is brutally murdered in her Venetian apartment, and the police immediately suspect her Romanian maid. When she dies while fleeing for fear of arrest, the police are sure their job is done; but weeks later, a neighbor shows up to defend the accused's innocence. The only investigator who believes this alibi is Commissario Brunetti, who must prove the Romanian maid's innocence without the knowledge of his superiors and find the real killer of her employer. The ever-loyal Signorina Elettra's indispensable hacking skills are the perfect complement to Brunetti's meticulous and thorough detective work. She discovers mysterious transfers in the old lady's bank account, but who made them? As Brunetti investigates the case, his wife reads him a lesson in the seven deadly sins at home. How do they relate to the murder being solved in a modern world of intrigue and blurred morality? Donna Leon (born 1942) is an American author whose character, Commissario Brunetti, is set in Venice, a city where Leon herself has lived (her second home is in a Swiss village). The award-winning Brunetti series is known worldwide and has been translated into dozens of languages, but not into Italian at the author's request. Leon has said that she wanted to avoid becoming famous in her hometown, preferring to live quietly and inconspicuously.