Donna Leons charming evocative and addictive Commissario Guido Brunetti series continues with Suffer the Little Children When Commissario Brunetti is summoned in the middle of the night to the hospital bed of a senior pediatrician he is confronted with more questions than answers Three men -- a young Carabiniere captain and two privates from out of town -- have burst into the doctors apartment in the middle of the night attacked him and taken away his eighteenth-month old baby boy What could have motivated an assault by the forces of the state so violent it has left the doctor mute Who would have authorized such an alarming operation At the same time Brunettis colleague Inspector Vianello discovers a money-making scam between pharmacists and doctors in the city But it appears as if one of the pharmacists is after more than money Donna Leons new novel is as subtle and fascinating as ever set in a beautifully-realized Venice a glorious city seething with small-town vice.
