The second novel to feature Guido Brunetti, Donna Leon's much-loved Commissario of the Venice Police.
Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna's books have been translated into 35 languages and have been published around the world. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.
Brunetti ... long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional
detectives
*Evening Standard*
What makes Leon's work especially unnerving is the sense that
corruption is a continuing process ... The characters of Brunetti
and his family continue to deepen throughout the series
*The Times*
Brunetti ... long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional
detectives * Evening Standard *
What makes Leon's work especially unnerving is the sense that
corruption is a continuing process ... The characters of Brunetti
and his family continue to deepen throughout the series * The Times
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