Suffer the Little Children(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　A riveting new mystery from international bestseller Donna
Leon Donna Leonas Commissario Brunetti series has made Veniceaa
city thatas beautiful and sophisticated, but also secretive and
corruptaone of mystery fansa most beloved locales. In this
brilliant new book, Brunetti is summoned to the hospital bed of a
respected pediatrician, where he is confronted with more questions
than answers. Three men had burst into the doctoras apartment,
attacked him, and kidnapped his eighteen-month-old son. What could
have motivated an assault so violent that it has left the doctor
mute? And could this crime be related to the moneymaking scam run
by pharmacists that Brunettias colleague has recently uncovered? As
Brunetti delves deeper into the case, a story of infertility,
desperation, and illegal dealings begins to unfold.

　　Donna Leon has lived in Venice for many years and previously
lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she
worked as a teacher. Her previous Commissario Brunetti novels have
all been highly acclaimed; most recently Friends in High Places,
which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Wilful
Behaviour, Doctored Evidence, Blood From A Stone and Through A
Glass, Darkly.