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Earthly Remains (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #26) by Donna Leon At the start of Earthly Remains, Commissario Guido Brunetti, confronted once more by someone of privilege avoiding censure, loses patience at work and, in the aftermath, realizes that he needs a break and is granted leave from the questura. His wife, Paola, urges him to spend time at a villa… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Waters of Eternal Youth (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #25) by Donna Leon Commissario Guido Brunetti has been called on to investigate many things over the years, from shocking to petty crimes, but in The Waters of Eternal Youth, he finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a case at all. Fifteen years ago, a teenage girl… Saber más sobre este artículo

By It's Cover (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #23) by Donna Leon In the pages of Donna Leon's internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries, the conversations of the Brunetti family have often turned to topics of art and literature. Still, books are at the heart of this novel like never before. One afternoon, Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Golden Egg (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #22) by Donna Leon Donna Leon's novels starring the wise and humane Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti have won fans and are bestsellers worldwide. In The Golden Egg, when Brunetti's wife, Paola, asks him to look into the death of the handicapped man who worked at their local dry cleaner, Brunetti is surprised to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Beastly Things (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #21) by Donna Leon When the body of a man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Commissario Guido Brunetti has little to work with. No local has filed a missing person report, and no hotel guests have disappeared. With Inspector Vianello, Brunetti canvases… Saber más sobre este artículo

Drawing Conclusions (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #20) by Donna Leon Late one night, Commissario Guido Brunetti is called away from dinner to investigate the death of a widow in her modest apartment. Though there are some signs of a struggle, the medical examiner ruled that she died of a heart attack. It seems there is nothing for Brunetti to investigate.… Saber más sobre este artículo

A Question of Belief (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #19) by Donna Leon Donna Leon's bestselling series featuring the principled, warmhearted Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti has won her countless fans, critical acclaim, and international renown as one of the world's best crime writers. In A Question of Belief, Brunetti must contend with ingenious corruption, bureaucratic intransigence, and the stifling heat of… Saber más sobre este artículo

About Face (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #18) by Donna Leon Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti and his wife, Paola, are on their way to a dinner party when Brunetti's eye is caught by a couple ahead of them: a woman in an impossibly expensive fur coat on the arm of a much older man. He is intrigued when they turn out… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Girl of His Dreams (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #17 by Donna Leon When a priest recently returned from years of missionary work in Africa calls on Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti with a request. Brunetti suspects the man has hidden motives. An American-style Christian group has begun meeting in private homes in the city, and it's possible the priest is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Suffer the Little Children (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #16) by Donna Leon Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti is plunged into a family crisis in Suffer the Little Children when summoned in the middle of the night to the hospital bed of a senior pediatrician. Three men had burst into the doctor's apartment while the family was sleeping, attacked him, and taken… Saber más sobre este artículo

Through a Glass, Darkly (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #15) by Donna Leon On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti and Inspector Vianello play hooky to help get Vianello's friend Marco Ribetti -- an environmental activist arrested during a protest against toxic waste being dumped into the city's waters -- released from prison. But on the steps of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Blood From a Stone (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #14) by Donna Leon On a cold night shortly before Christmas, a Senegalese street vendor is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesses to the death are the tourists who have been browsing the man's wares -- fake handbags of every designer label --, but they have seen nothing that… Saber más sobre este artículo

Doctored Evidence (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #13) by Donna Leon When the body of a wealthy older woman is found brutally murdered in her apartment, the authorities suspect her maid, who is on the run with a large sum of money. But when Commissario Guido Brunette decides -- unofficially -- to take on the case himself, he finds no shortage… Saber más sobre este artículo

Uniform Justice (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #12) by Donna Leon In Uniform Justice, a Publishers Weekly Book of the Year, a young cadet in Venice's elite military academy has been found hanged, a presumed suicide. Commissario Guido Brunettis' sorrow for the boy, so close in age to his own son, is rivaled only by his contempt for a community that… Saber más sobre este artículo

Willful Behavior (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #11) by Donna Leon Mystery lovers everywhere are drawn to Donna Leon's ever-honorable Commissario Guido Brunetti and her portrayal of Venice's beautiful but ominous byways and canals. In Will Behavior, Brunetti is approached for a favor by one of his wife's students. Intelligent and serious, Claudia Leonardo asks for his help in obtaining a… Saber más sobre este artículo

A Sea of Troubles (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #10) by Donna Leon On a beautiful spring morning on the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, a small boat moored at the docks suddenly explodes, killing two local clam fishermen. When it becomes clear that the fire was deliberately set, Brunetti decides to investigate. But when… Saber más sobre este artículo

Friends in High Places (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #9) by Donna Leon In Donna Leon's ninth novel featuring her celebrated protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti finds himself caught up in a typically Venetian problem: red tape over renovations. Visited by a young bureaucrat, Brunetti learns that, officially, his apartment does not exist. The extra floor that was added years before was… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fatal Remedies (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, Book #8) by Donna Leon In the eighth book in Donna Leon's internationally bestselling series, Commissario Guido Brunetti's career comes under threat as his professional and personal lives unexpectedly intersect. It all begins with an early morning phone call. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the city's quiet, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

A Noble Radiance (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #7) by Donna Leon In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, not far from Venice, the gardens of a deserted farmhouse have lain untouched for decades. But the new owner, eager for renovations to begin, is summoned to the house when his workmen disturb a macabre grave. Nearby, a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Quietly in Their Sleep (Commissario Guido Brunetti Series, Book #6) by Donna Leon In the sixth novel featuring Donna Leon's ever-charming and sympathetic protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nun, a nurse who has had five patients unexpectedly die and decides to leave her convent. During his inquiries, Brunetti encounters an unusual cast of characters but… Saber más sobre este artículo