The wonderful new Commissario Brunetti mystery, from the Silver Dagger winner Donna Leon.
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.
Donna Leon is keeping up an astonishingly high standard ... she
achieves a perfect blend of characters, place, mystery and social
issues. Her sixteenth Brunetti novel is also one of her best.
*The Times*
Leon builds her plot meticulously. [She] has her finger on the
pulse
*Mirror*
Suffer the Little Children is Donna Leon at her best, deftly mixing
Commissario Guido Brunetti's detective work with perceptive
awareness of social issues.
*The Times*
Leon tackles this difficult issue sensitively, without stinting on
mouth-watering descriptions of Venice.
*Daily Telegraph*
As ever, Leon writes with an insider's knowledge of Venice,
expertly navigating its complex geography.
*Sunday Times*
Why have a Carabiniere captain and two privates forced their way into a pediatrician's apartment and taken his baby boy? And what is Commis-sario Brunetti going to do about it? With a nine-city tour. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
Donna Leon is keeping up an astonishingly high standard ... she
achieves a perfect blend of characters, place, mystery and social
issues. Her sixteenth Brunetti novel is also one of her best. * The
Times *
Leon builds her plot meticulously. [She] has her finger on the
pulse * Mirror *
Suffer the Little Children is Donna Leon at her best, deftly
mixing Commissario Guido Brunetti's detective work with perceptive
awareness of social issues. * The Times *
Leon tackles this difficult issue sensitively, without stinting on
mouth-watering descriptions of Venice. * Daily Telegraph *
As ever, Leon writes with an insider's knowledge of Venice,
expertly navigating its complex geography. * Sunday Times *
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