'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' Sunday Times Winner of the Crime Writers Association Macallan Silver Dagger Award for Fiction Commissario Guido Brunetti gets into trouble when Franco Rossi, a young bureaucrat, pays him a visit. Rossi is there to determine whether Brunetti's apartment was built with official approval, and when Brunetti is unable to ...
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'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' Sunday Times Winner of the Crime Writers Association Macallan Silver Dagger Award for Fiction Commissario Guido Brunetti gets into trouble when Franco Rossi, a young bureaucrat, pays him a visit. Rossi is there to determine whether Brunetti's apartment was built with official approval, and when Brunetti is unable to provide any documentation, he faces the prospect of both fines and the dismantling of his home. But when Rossi rings Brunetti at work, clearly scared, and is then found dead, Brunetti is drawn into an investigation that unveils a world of corruption, drug dealing and moneylenders. 'All Donna Leon's novels are excellent in their evocation of place, while in Brunetti she has created a character who becomes more real in each book' Evening Standard
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New. 2009. Paperback. When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the building of his apartment years earlier, his first reaction, like any other Venetian, is to think of whom he knows who might bring pressure to bear on the relevant government department. Series: Brunetti. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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In this ninth foray into Venetian politics and crime, Donna Leon's writing really shines. Guido Brunetti and his family are involved in a problem -- Was their apartment legally constructed after the war? The young man who brings the bad news is soon killed.
Brunetti wants to handle the problem himself; he does not want to use the 'people in high places' that he knows (specifically his father-in-law, the Comte or the Contessa). When the problem arises, in no way does Guido or Paola consider going to the bureaucracy directly -- but look to other machinations to make the problem to go away.
The characters are memorable and the situations seem so much taken from the headlines. Guido is "Everyman" -- trying to do the right thing under impossible odds. This series just seems to get better.
Guido Brunetti
1. Death at La Fenice (1992)
2. Death in a Strange Country (1993)
3. The Anonymous Venetian (1994) aka Dressed for Death
4. A Venetian Reckoning (1995) aka Death and Judgment
5. Acqua Alta (1996) aka Death in High Water
6. The Death of Faith (1997) aka Quietly in Their Sleep
7. A Noble Radiance (1997)
8. Fatal Remedies (1998)
**9. Friends in High Places (1999)
maryross
Jun 4, 2009
one of her best
Commisario Brunetti is splendid in a well thought out :who dunnit". Leon's knowledge of her adopted home and all its' quirks are employed beautifully. She is a smart, gifted teller of tales.