Review: Uniform Justice (Commissario Brunetti, #12) by Donna Leon

Uniform Justice by Donna Leon


Uniform Justice, the riveting 12th addition to Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti Series is a complex, thought-provoking and sad story that captures you from the very first page and lingers in your mind long after you finished the last page.

Commissario Guido Brunetti called to the exclusive San Martino Military Academy, where Cadet Ernesto Moro dead , which the academy authorities have very quickly consider as a suicide and are doing everything possible not to co-operate with the Venetian police. But when the victim is revealed to be the son of a former Parliament member who had been forced to retire for an expose on corruption in the military - a man of integrity and honesty, something that is very rare in Italian politics, Brunetti believes that the young man is a victim of homicide and not suicide.

Brunetti , in his continuing quest for justice is once again hampered by the bureaucrat government officials that run on bribes, secrets and corruption and will use whatever means available to retain their position of wealth and power and this is so clearly seen by the senseless death of Ernesto Moro, a young man who did not deserve to die so young.

The humane side of Brunetti is never seen so well as when he contemplates the love for his family and how he would feel if something ever happened to one of his children....

Suddenly he had a vision of what it must have been for the Moros to attempt to remove evidence of Ernesto’s presence from their homes, and he thought of the danger that would remain behind: a single, lonely sock found at the back of a closet could break a mother’s heart anew; a Spice Girls disc carelessly shoved into the plastic case meant to hold Vivaldi’s flute sonatas could shatter any calm. Months, perhaps years, would pass before the house would stop being a minefield, every cabinet or drawer to be opened with silent dread.

How much more important the love for his family is than politics.

Venice at this time is dark and grey, foggy.............menacing....

Outstanding and unforgettable story.

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