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| Author | Michael Dibdin |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Aurelio Zen series, #4 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | April 18, 1994 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback) |
| Pages | 256pp (hardback) 354pp (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-571-17050-1 |
| OCLC | 30159112 |
| Preceded by | Cabal |
| Followed by | Cosi Fan Tutti |
Dead Lagoon is a 1994 novel by Michael Dibdin, and is the fourth entry in the popular Aurelio Zen series.
Moonlighting, Italian police detective Zen engineers a posting to his home town of Venice, Italy on a pretext in order to investigate the disappearance of an American millionaire on behalf of his American ex-girlfriend. He needs the extra money to set up home with his new girlfriend with room for his aged mother.
His investigations lead him into conflict with a charismatic local rising politician and a childhood friend before he discovers a shocking truth about his father. Although he actually does get to the bottom of both his overt and covert enquiries, he leaves Venice in frustration and with childhood illusions shattered.