books about: commissario     books:     Commissario      Blood from a Stone (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries) Donna Leon Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Perfect Pacing and Delicious Accents in David Colacci's Reading Books full of psychology and verbal sparring rather than action benefit from being listened to rather than read. The professional reader (or author) is able to use timing, pace, and pauses to bring inaction to life and invite you deeper inside the mind of the ...             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 ...             The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery) Donna Leon Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008 Donna Leon at her Very Best I am not a mystery fan. But I love books that transport me to an interesting place and/or time. Donna Leon excels at this. She has lived in Venice for over 25 years and writes lovingly of the people, the canals, and life there. She has created a wonderful set of ...             Suffer the Little Children (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries) Donna Leon Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008 Confusion Abounds In this 16th of the Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery series, the reader is led through a convoluted plot in which there are more questions than answers. In the middle of the night, Brunetti is summoned from a deep sleep to the hospital bed of a doctor who has been ...             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 ...             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!             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 ...             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 ...             Through a Glass, Darkly: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Donna Leon Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006 Happiness As a recent trip to Venice inspired my thirst for anything to do with Venice and my veracious appetite for reading, a friend turned me on to Donna Leon. I am so happy to be reading about places that I visited.             Uniform Justice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Donna Leon Grove/Atlantic, 2003 Another wonderful Brunetti If you like international detective stories and don't know Donna Leon's series starring Commisario Guido Brunetti then you're in for a treat. Every installment is uniformly well written, engrossing and enjoyable. Settle into crime, family dinners (with polenta)and an ...             Acqua Alta (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery) Donna Leon RB Large Print, 2004 From Publishers Weekly In Leon's fifth Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian Dotoressa Brett Lynch draws the contemporary Venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta, the torrential winter rains. Brett, an American who spearheaded a recent exhibition of ...             Doctored Evidence (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery) Donna Leon RB Large Print, 2004 From AudioFile Commissario Guido Brunetti faces a moral dilemma. Ambitious, arrogant Lieutenant Scarpa has closed a vicious murder case. However, Brunetti discovers that the chain of evidence is missing several important links. Scarpa's sloppy police work draws the masterful Brunetti into conflict with higher-ups, forcing him to employ some ...             Uniform Justice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Donna Leon Grove/Atlantic, 2003 Another wonderful Brunetti If you like international detective stories and don't know Donna Leon's series starring Commisario Guido Brunetti then you're in for a treat. Every installment is uniformly well written, engrossing and enjoyable. Settle into crime, family dinners (with polenta)and an ...             Doctored Evidence: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Donna Leon Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004 'Death in Venice' becomes a Donna Leon cliche For all her "baker's dozen" Guido Brunetti books, Donna Leon continues to amaze this reader with her ability to sustain a police procedural so competently, so willingly, and so fantastically. It's Venice once again and the good Commissario finds himself lured into ...             Always Time to Die (Commissario Brunetti Novels) Elizabeth Lowell BBC Audiobooks, 2005 Local Color I've got to disagree with some of the negative reviews here, but that is because I am familiar with Northern New Mexico. I think Lowell got the local color just right - the book is superb if you appreciate it in that context. 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