Donna Leon opens doors to the hidden venice like no one else. With her latest novel, leon takes us inside the secretive island of murano, home of the world-famous glass factories. On a luminous spring day in venice, comm...Donna Leon opens doors to the hidden venice like no one else. With her latest novel, leon takes us inside the secretive island of murano, home of the world-famous glass factories. On a luminous spring day in venice, commissario brunetti and his assistant Vianello play hooky from the questura in order to Help Vianello's friend marco ribetti, arrested during an environmental protest.