Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 006074068X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Methodically probing into the victim's past, Brunetti also uncovers Wellauer's Nazi sympathies and a lead to a trio of singing sisters from yesteryear--one now destitute, one dead and the other missing. Though burdened by a dictatorial superior and two lumpen subordinates, Brunetti gets help from his aristocratic wife and her well-connected parents. From Publishers Weekly A breathless beginning and an unexpected lack of reference to the lush setting mark this lively launch of a projected series of Venetian mysteries. . The narrative's best moments involve Brunetti's wry exchanges with his colleagues and the cunningly masked, obvious solution. When legendary German conductor Helmut
Leon debuts with outstanding thriller! Billy J. Hobbs Venice is for lovers, or so they say. It is also the setting in this thriller, the first of a series by Donna Leon, titled "Death at La Fenice." La Fenice is the name of Venice's famed opera house and in this novel, death is the event de jour, as a well-known German conductor . Boring Cabushka Very slowly evolving procedural police story. I had a difficult time keeping with it as I kept falling asleep when I picked it up. Practically nothing happened for 70% of the novel after the discovery of the murder. I'm not familiar with Venice. The novel may have been more ap. Great writing It is many years since I visited Venice but this brought the city back to me with Donna Leon's fabulous descriptions of the city and its culture. Not only that but there was the bonus of a really excellent story. This book was recommended to me and is the first time I have rea
There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. And the dilemma for Guido Brunetti will not be finding a murder suspect, but rather narrowing the choices down to one.. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his admirable abilities must come into play in the deadly affair of Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world