There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. 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-renowned conductor who died painfully from cyanide poisoning during an intermission at La Fenice.
But as the investigation unfolds, a chilling picture slowly begins to take shape--a detailed portrait...
There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasio...
Follow Commissario Guido Brunetti, star of Donna Leon's internationally best-selling mystery series, on over a dozen walks that highlight Venice's churches, markets, bars, cafes, and palazzos In Brunetti's Venice, tourists and armchair travelers follow in the footsteps of Brunetti as he traverses the city he knows and loves. With his acute eye for change in his native city, his fascination with the past, his ear for language and his passion for food and drink, and his familiarity with the dark realities of crime and corruption, Brunetti is the perfect companion for any walk across La...
Follow Commissario Guido Brunetti, star of Donna Leon's internationally best-selling mystery series, on over a dozen walks that highlight Venice's chu...
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Schon in ihren Brunetti-Romanen interessiert sich Donna Leon nicht nur fr kriminelle Mistnde, sondern auch fr die Gensse des Lebens. In den hier versammelten Geschichten lt uns die Amerikanerin in Venedig teilhaben an ihrem Blick hinter die Kulissen der an Genssen so reichen Lagunenstadt.
Schon in ihren Brunetti-Romanen interessiert sich Donna Leon nicht nur fr kriminelle Mistnde, sondern auch fr die Gensse des Lebens. In den hier versa...
Tiere und Töne das gibt es in der Oper, in Händels Arien. Wenn Donna Leon sich weder bekochen lässt noch Krimis schreibt, dann hört sie Musik. Im vorliegenden Buch sind ihre Lieblingsarien versammelt, begleitet von 12 fabelhaften Texten über Löwe, Nachtigall, Frosch, Elefant und viele mehr. Illustriert von Michael Sowa. Mit einer CD: 12 Händel-Arien, Il Complesso Barocco , dirigiert von Alan Curti
Tiere und Töne das gibt es in der Oper, in Händels Arien. Wenn Donna Leon sich weder bekochen lässt noch Krimis schreibt, dann hört sie Musik. Im ...
A macabre grave is found at the foot of the Italian Dolomites. The body is found to be Roberto Lorenzoni s, only son and heir of one Venice's oldest, most aristocratic families. Commissario Guido Brunetti must move in the highest circles of power and corruption to unravel the mystery behind the young man s disappearance and murder."
A macabre grave is found at the foot of the Italian Dolomites. The body is found to be Roberto Lorenzoni s, only son and heir of one Venice's oldest, ...
Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether too convenient. When something is discovered in the victim s apartment that suggests the existence of a high-level conspiracy, Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody is taking great pains to provide a ready-made solution to the crime. Rich with atmosphere and marvelous plotting, "Death in a Strange Country" is a superb novel in Donna Leon s...
Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal...
In Leon's fifth Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian Dotoressa Brett Lynch draws the contemporary Venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta, the torrential winter rains. Brett, an American who spearheaded a recent exhibition of Chinese pottery in Venice, lives with her lover, Flavia Petrelli, the reigning diva of La Scala. With his open mind and good sense, Brunetti finds himself more fazed by Flavia's breathtaking talent than by the nontraditional relationship between the two women....
In Leon's fifth Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian Dotoressa Brett Lynch draws the contemporary Venetian police...
When the body of a wealthy elderly woman is found, brutally murdered in her Venetian flat, Commissario Brunetti decides - unofficially - to take the case on himself.
When the body of a wealthy elderly woman is found, brutally murdered in her Venetian flat, Commissario Brunetti decides - unofficially - to take the c...