{"product_id":"book-o9lx","title":"Friends in High Places","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, \u003ci\u003eFriends in High Places\u003c\/i\u003e is the ninth novel in Leon's bestselling and highly acclaimed Commissario Guido Brunetti series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Donna Leon’s ninth novel featuring her celebrated protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti finds himself caught up in a typically Venetian problem: red tape over renovations. Visited by a young bureaucrat, Brunetti learns that, officially, his apartment does not exist. The extra floor that was added years before was never approved. But what begins as a troublesome headache ends in murder when the bureaucrat is found dead after a mysterious fall from a scaffold. Brunetti starts an investigation that takes him into unfamiliar and dangerous areas of Venetian life, and shows him, once again, what a difference it makes to have friends in high places.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50024780923184,"sku":"BDo9lx","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/747017-o9lx-Square.jpg?v=1754264472","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-o9lx","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}