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Summary: You can't go home again...
Review: Or so Aurelio Zen, Italian policeman and star or Dead Lagoon, realizes near the end of this Dibdin mystery. Zen has been offered a reward to find Michael Dorridge, a disappeared American businessman, or to find his body. To be able to investigate this hushed-up disappearance, Zen arranges to have Criminalpol transfer him on what seems to be an unrelated disturbance at the home of an aged contessa. Zen thinks his trip will be an easy way to make some cash - look briefly into the disappearance, check out the old homestead, and enjoy some Venitian cooking. He isn't nearly so lucky. Zen soon begins to realize that the contessa's problems aren't just the result of a disturbed mental state, and that Dorridge's disappearance is more than an unlucky chance. He weaves together the strands of the mysteries, leaving the reader with a tidy ending. Dead Lagoon was a more difficult to "get into" than other Dibdin mysteries. However, the compelling ending and the well-portrayed views of Venice certainly make it a book worth reading.
Rating:
Summary: You can't go home again...
Review: Or so Aurelio Zen, Italian policeman and star or Dead Lagoon, realizes near the end of this Dibdin mystery. Zen has been offered a reward to find Michael Dorridge, a disappeared American businessman, or to find his body. To be able to investigate this hushed-up disappearance, Zen arranges to have Criminalpol transfer him on what seems to be an unrelated disturbance at the home of an aged contessa. Zen thinks his trip will be an easy way to make some cash - look briefly into the disappearance, check out the old homestead, and enjoy some Venitian cooking. He isn't nearly so lucky. Zen soon begins to realize that the contessa's problems aren't just the result of a disturbed mental state, and that Dorridge's disappearance is more than an unlucky chance. He weaves together the strands of the mysteries, leaving the reader with a tidy ending. Dead Lagoon was a more difficult to "get into" than other Dibdin mysteries. However, the compelling ending and the well-portrayed views of Venice certainly make it a book worth reading.
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