{"product_id":"9781804950968","title":"A Refiner's Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Leon, Donna \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 17\/04\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781804950968,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommissario Guido Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyalties'Perfectly crafted . . . this only proves what a truly great writer [Leon] has become' Mark Sanderson, The Times'One of the most subtle and exquisite detective series ever' Washington PostWhen two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice’s campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be such a hero after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis seeming contradiction, and a brutal attack on one of Brunetti’s colleagues by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti’s attentions. Soon, he discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte’s past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Refiner’s Fire is Donna Leon at her very best: an elegant, sophisticated storyteller whose indelible characters become richer with each book, and who constantly interrogates the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55068869001589,"sku":"9781804950968","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781804950968_799ef2c8-5b53-498b-b5cc-78bbf7165043.jpg?v=1759659909","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781804950968","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}