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I den tjugoandra delen i Donna Leons omåttligt populära Venedigserie är kommissarie Brunetti mitt uppe i ett känsligt ärende när han får ett upprört samtal från sin fru Paola. En dövstum man som har hjälpt till på kemtvätten har hittats död. Men n...

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En eftermiddag får kommissarie Brunetti ett upprört telefonsamtal från ett bibliotek i Venedig. Någon har stulit sidor ur flera sällsynta böcker. Efter en runda förhör verkar fallet löst: den skyldiga måste vara den som begärde ut böckerna, en pro...

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On a cold November evening, a body of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant is found in a Venice canal. Guido Brunetti is assigned to investigate. But there's no official record of the man's presence in Venice. He gathers a team and stumbles over s...

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Having recently celebrated her eightieth birthday, Leon now confronts the dual challenges and pleasures of aging, whilst looking back on her adventurous life. Complete with a brief letter dissuading those hoping to meet Guido Brunetti at the Quest...

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Commissario Guido Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyalties When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venices campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. ...

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Äntligen är en ny Brunetti-deckare här! En svårlöst mordgåta leder kommissarie Brunetti bort från välkända Venedig, till dunkla och farliga omgivningar. En illa åtgången kropp hittas flytande i en av Venedigs kanaler. Allt tyder på att mannen mörd...

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Donna Leons tjugonde Brunetti-deckare är här! Jakten på gärningsmannen leder som alltid in i det mytomspunna Venedigs mörkaste vrår. En ung kvinna återvänder från semestern och hittar sin granne, en äldre dam, död på golvet. Troligen har hon drabb...

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'Crime writing of the highest order' GUARDIAN 'Donna Leon has been giving unto us for all of the thirty years since Death at La Fenice introduced us to Brunetti' Val McDermid The gifted Venetian detective returns in his 31st case - this time, inve...

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I den tjugoandra delen i Donna Leons omåttligt populära Venedigserie är kommissarie Brunetti mitt uppe i ett känsligt ärende när han får ett upprört samtal från sin fru Paola. En dövstum man som har hjälpt till på kemtvätten har hittats död. Men n...

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On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assig...

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DIVE INTO THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN DONNA LEON'S COMMISSARIO BRUNETTI SERIES 'Donna Leon provides another delectable slice of the thoughtful policeman's life at work and at home... So Shall You Reap is as witty and wise as anything L...

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'Brunetti is hard to beat - Leon's tenth novel more than maintains the standard of its predecessors.' Times Literary Supplement __________________________________ The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south...

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'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop of the city so vivid you can almost smell it.' The Sunday Telegraph Winner of the Suntory Mystery Fiction Grand Prize The twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. ...

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'The series that has shadowed Brunetti for three decades is an epic achievement' The Times Chosen as Star Pick in the Sunday Times Crime Club Chosen as a ' Best New Crime Novel' in the Sunday Times _____________________________________________ Whe...

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Äntligen är en ny Brunetti-deckare här! En svårlöst mordgåta leder kommissarie Brunetti bort från välkända Venedig, till dunkla och farliga omgivningar. En illa åtgången kropp hittas flytande i en av Venedigs kanaler. Allt tyder på att mannen mörd...

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As the author reaches her 9th decade [this makes] for a fascinating insight into her life and world, albeit with discretion and leaving tantalising hints at what lies beyond. One for the fans (and friends). Crime Time 'Leon's elegant, wi...

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When Dottoressa Donato calls the Venetian Questura, reporting that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague Commissario Claudia Griffoni know there is no time to was...

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'The very first sentences of About Face showcase Donna Leon's elegant, effortless style ... another great Brunetti outing.' The Independent Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller _____________________________________...

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'Donna Leon provides another delectable slice of the thoughtful policeman's life at work and at home... So Shall You Reap is as witty and wise as anything Leon has written. To read her is to restore the soul.' The Times On a cold No...

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'[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 detective fiction, Doctored Evidence not only solves a mystery, but also anatomises...

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'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening Standard When 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, Commissari...

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'Complex and thought-provoking and lingers in the mind.' Sunday Times A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year __________________________________ Neither Commissario Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had much sympathy for the Italian armed forces,...

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'A classic example of detective-book murder, it is satisfyingly difficult to resolve ... Leon whips up a brilliant narrative storm.' Sunday Times Winner of the Corine International Book Prize for Fiction __________________________________ When Com...

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Commissario Guido Brunetti is kicking his heels, pondering the recent lack of crime in Venice, when a beautiful young woman appears at his office door. Now calling herself Maria Testa, his visitor is more familiar to Brunetti as Suorlmmacolata, th...

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[Leon's] portrait of Venice and modern Italy is, as always, captivating...The lively conversations between...characters, displaying Leon's sly humour, are a delight. Evening Standard A Kirkus Reviews Best Mystery 2011 A Pacific Northwest...

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The Italian detective Commissario Brunetti has to cut short his holiday as he takes on another tantalizing case in Donna Leon's The Anonymous Venetian, an atmospheric murder mystery filled with the sights and sounds of Venice. Commissario Bru...

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The Italian detective Commissario Brunetti takes on another intriguing, but personal case in Donna Leon's Acqua Alta, an atmospheric murder mystery filled with the sights and sounds of Venice. Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura...

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A lorry crashes on one of the treacherous bends in the Italian Dolomites, spilling a terrible cargo . . . A prominent international layer is found dead in the carriage of an intercity train at Saint Lucia . . . Can the two tragedies possibly be co...

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On a cold night shortly before Christmas, an immigrant street vendor is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death - fake handbags of...

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'When she's writing about her beloved Venice, Donna Leon can do no wrong. And Earthly Remains, her new mystery featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, is one of her best. It's also one of her saddest, dealing as it does with the seemingly unstoppabl...

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