Sentences with phrase «murders of close relatives»

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Zeus (the Jupiter of the Romans), the chief deity of this crew, was not only a brute who practised cannibalism, devouring one of his daughters and murdering other close relatives, but he was also an uncontrollable adulterer who victimised many single and married «gods», violated his sisters and daughters - in - law, ravished his own daughter and even his mother, and who, moreover, kept a young boy whom he had abducted as a lover.

When Brunetti investigates the murder of two local fishermen on the island of Pellestrina, the small community closes ranks, forcing him to accept Signorina Elettra's offer to visit her relatives there to search for clues.