Commissario Brunetti's hopes of a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera - a body so badly beaten the face is unrecognizable. Brunetti searches Venice for someone...

'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening StandardWhen the body of a young man is pulled out of a fetid Venetia canal, all clues point to a violent mugging. But for Guido Brunetti, Commissario...

"Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment." -The Sunday Times (London)...

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...

'Every detail on every page forms part of a succession of clues, planted with exquisite precision, to unravelling the mystery' Sunday Times In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, a grave is discovered by the owner of a...

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...

Herzversagen - das diagnostiziert der penible Pathologe Rizzardi beim Tod von Signora Altavilla. Kein Fall für Brunetti mithin? Der Commissario traut dem Frieden nicht. Wer sucht, der findet ... von Leon, Donna

"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...

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...