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Wilful Behaviour
Donna Leon
Arrow Books Ltd, 2003
Superb installment in a wonderful series
This book is a superb novel on its own, and a first-rate installment in a wonderful series. I hope that it gets published here in the U.S.; I found a British edition in a used bookstore and am still marveling at my good luck. What is wonderful about the Leon/Brunetti ...
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A Sea of Troubles
Donna Leon
Arrow Books Ltd, 2002
Leon puts us on the 'write' course!
Donna Leon simply is a mesmerizing writer. No other author--and some do come close--approaches her today in terms of suspense, characterization, plot development, and social significance. In "Sea of Troubles," she continues her exceptional level of excellence. I ...
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Death in a Strange Country
Donna Leon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Donna Leon Enthusiast
I spent time in Venice this summer and to prepare bought one of Donna Leon's Inspector Brunetti mysteries. That was all it took to hook me- I am now reading the series in order and loving every minute. Death in a Strange Country is the second book in the series. ...
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Fatal Remedies
Donna Leon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Donna Leon does it again in Fatal Remedies
She has me so hooked with her writings. I have the list and check off the ones I read so I am not constantly re reading her mysteries. I really enjoy each one but this one was a new twist on her story writing. She does not start out with the Commissario but instead his ...
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Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
Donna Leon
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Death at LaFenice
Not your typical mystery book. The ending is not only a surprise, but a unique one. Enjoy!
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Death and Judgment (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)
Donna Leon
Penguin Books, 2006
A very vivid book.
The first scene is of an accident involving a large carrier-truck in the mountains which, crashing, spills and kills its contents: the corpses of women lie in the snow, littering the mountainside like so many bright dolls.
As in many Brunetti novels, justice does ...
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The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery)
Donna Leon
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008
All of Leon's books are wonderful reads, and THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS stands tall among them.
THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS is Donna Leon's 17th police procedural featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, the warm-hearted cop who reads the classics and gets his greatest joy from his family. The novel opens upon a gloomy scene at a graveside service in honor of Guido's ...
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Acqua Alta
Donna Leon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
Another wonderful Brunetti
First Sentence: Domestic tranquility prevailed.
Commissario Guido Brunetti sees the report of an assault on a woman he'd met during a previous case. Art historian Dotoressa Brett Lynch, staying with her lover, opera diva Flavia Petrelli, is in Venice to meet ...
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Friends in High Places
Donna Leon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Commissario Brunetti takes on the Foundations of Venice.
In Italy, Buildings or Apartments should always be listed - officially, and should always have two sets of records for buildings with any reconstruction plans that have happened or happening - officially. When purchasing a property, the new owner retains one copy from ...
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Dressed for Death (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)
Donna Leon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
An Ironic Murder Mystery Triggers Probing Questions Leading to New Insights
With Dressed for Death (originally titled as The Anonymous Venetian), the Guido Brunetti mysteries reach their full power for the first time. As with Donna Leon's earlier books, Dressed for Death features a corpse that's prepared and deposited to create maximum ...
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Doctored Evidence
Donna Leon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Farewell Signora Battestini
Commissario Brunetti, truly one of only a handful of Venice's finest, solves the murder of an elderly, hateful harridan using his intelligence, humor, skill, and humanity. Follow him through the monumental buildings, calle, and offices of this most intriguing of ...
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A Venetian Reckoning
Donna Leon
Pan Books, 1996
One of Her Best
All of Donna Leon's excellent mysteries set in Venice have a theme, beyond the common one of massive corruption in Italian politics and its connections with the Mafia. This time the theme is trafficking, and it is very powerfully developed.
This time around ...
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Through a Glass, Darkly (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)
Donna Leon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Good Brunetti Book
Donna Leon continues her streak of delightful Guido Brunetti novels -- this one set mostly in the glass factories of Murano. She combines fascinating details of the fabled Venetian glass factories with well-developed characters and vivid geography to cook up a tale of ...
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The Anonymous Venetian
Donna Leon
Pan Books, 1995
What sexual gratification would a person get from wearing clothing of the opposite sex? Brunetti's fetish thoughts answered.
A word used in our human circles to describe a crossdresser would be transvestite (Italian: travestito) meaning someone who dresses in the clothes usually worn by the opposite sex. Transvestites may be bisexual, heterosexual or homosexual; Transvestite comes from the ...
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A Noble Radiance
Donna Leon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Ken Le Huray
Donna Leon's creation of Guido Brunetti detective of Venice is one of the great figures of the genre. His family and the city of Venice are equally realisic. "A Noble Radiance" is full of the corrupt and aristocratic background of that city. The interplay of characters ...
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