Quietly in Their Sleep

DonnaLeonasmasteryofplot,herunderstandingofVenetianmannersandmores,andaboveallherphilosophical,unfailinglydecentprotagonisthavemadetheCommissarioBrunettimysteriesbestsellersaroundtheworld,includinganever-growingAmericanaudience.In"TheDeathofFaith,"Brunetticomestotheaidofayoungnursingsisterwhoisleavingherconventfollowingtheunexpecteddeathoffivepatients.AtfirstBrunettiasinquiriesrevealnothingamiss,andhewonderswhetherthenunissimplycreatingasmokescreentojustifyabandoninghervocation.Butperhapsshehasstumbledontosomethingveryrealandverysinisterasomethingthatputsherlifeinimminentdanger.