In Donna Leon's brilliant twentieth mystery, Brunetti must prove that all is not what it seems in the death of an elderly widow von Leon, Donna

'The virtues of Leon's writing are all on display in ... Doctored Evidence ... [Leon] has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals ... Like all the best...

'Leon ... has once again, apparently effortlessly, produced a wholly absorbing read.' Sunday TelegraphA Book Sense Notable Book__________________________________It is a luminous spring day in Venice, as Commissario Brunetti and...

"A stunning novel, the best of this brilliant series, with a twist at the end that will leave even the most sophisticated reader gasping."-Globe and Mail von Leon, Donna

Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti's hopes of escaping the sweltering heat of Venice in August for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in a field in Marghera-a body so badly beaten...

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'Brunetti is hard to beat - Leon's tenth novel more than maintains the standard of its predecessors.' Times Literary Supplement__________________________________The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the...

During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Commissario Guido Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to regret. In the aftermath, he begins to doubt...

A woman's cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Donna Leon's haunting twenty-ninth Brunetti novel von Leon, Donna

A woman's cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Donna Leon's haunting twenty-ninth Brunetti novel von Leon, Donna

On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and...

'Donna Leon has established Commissario Guido Brunetti as one of the most engaging of fictional detectives ... Brunetti is ... back on track, sadder perhaps, but wiser and wittier than ever.' Sunday...