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Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna¿s books have been translated into 35 languages and have been published around the world. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunet...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARDThe latest bestselling Venice crime novel from celebrated author Donna LeonAs a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count's best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would become the sole heir to Gonzalo's substantial fortune...

A stunning novel, the best of this brilliant series, with a twist at the end that will leave even the most sophisticated reader gasping."-Globe and Mail

Gonzalo Rodríguez de Tejeda - ursprünglich aus Spanien stammend - hat im Kunsthandel ein Vermögen gemacht. Nun verbringt er seinen Lebensabend in Venedig. Was kommt dann? Soll die rigide Familie, die mit seinem freizügigen Lebenswandel noch nie einverstanden war, seine Schätze erben? Oder wer ist der Auserwählte? Brunettis Schwiegervater fürchtet, seinem Freund Gonzalo könne Übles zustoßen. Der Commissario soll helfen - und verläuft sich beina...

Gelesen von Joachim Schönfeld. Gonzalo Rodríguez de Tejeda - ursprünglich aus Spanien stammend - hat im Kunsthandel ein Vermögen gemacht. Nun verbringt er seinen Lebensabend in Venedig. Was kommt dann? Soll die rigide Familie, die mit seinem freizügigen Lebenswandel noch nie einverstanden war, seine Schätze erben? Oder wer ist der Auserwählte? Brunettis Schwiegervater fürchtet, seinem Freund Gonzalo könne Übles zustoßen. Der Commissario soll h...

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In the 27th novel in Donna Leon's bestselling mystery series, a suspicious accident leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing unintended consequences

Leon draws on her love of Handel and her expertise in medieval bestiaries-- illustrated collections of animal stories-- to assemble a bestiary of her own. Twelve chapters trace twelve animals through history, mytholgoy, and the arias."--P. (4) of cover.

For the 28th novel in Donna Leon's bestselling mystery series, the apparent indiscretion of an elderly family friend involves a reluctant Commissario Guido Brunetti . . . until the sudden natural death of his friend sets in motion a murder

Schwächeanfall in der Questura. Das Räderwerk des Alltags hat Brunetti zermürbt. Krankgeschrieben, soll sich der Commissario in der Lagune von Venedig erholen. Wie wunderbar, einmal nicht Verbrechern hinterherzujagen, sondern in ländlicher Idylle seine Gedanken mit den Wolken ziehen zu lassen! Doch zwischen Bienen und Blumen kommt er einem größeren Fall als je zuvor auf die Spur.

This twenty-seventh book in the Commissario Brunetti series sees Brunetti looking to find the connection between a boy's alleged drug dabbling and an attack on the boy's father, set against the beguiling Venetian backdrop Leon has been acclaimed for portraying. Brunetti is assisted in this adventure by Signorina Elettra (one of the most popular characters in the series), and by the lessons of Sophocles' "Antigone" - a reading experience that c...

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Important information is leaking from inside the Venetian Questura, and Commissario Guido Brunetti is tasked with uncovering the culprit. But before Brunetti can begin his investigation, a friend of his wife's comes asking for his help, fearful that her son is using drugs.A few weeks later, the woman's husband is found unconscious at the foot of a bridge.Following various contradictory leads, Brunetti navigates his way through Venice's underwo...

This twenty-seventh book in the Commissario Brunetti series sees Brunetti looking to find the connection between a boy's alleged drug dabbling and an attack on the boy's father, set against the beguiling Venetian backdrop Leon has been acclaimed for portraying. Brunetti is assisted in this adventure by Signorina Elettra (one of the most popular characters in the series), and by the lessons of Sophocles' "Antigone" - a reading experience that c...

From the acclaimed author of The Waters of Eternal Youth, Commissario Guido Brunetti dredges up dark secrets from Italy's anti-Semitic past in his captivating eleventh case.

Als eine Bekannte von Paola in der Questura vorspricht, glaubt Brunetti zunächst, sie mache sich unnötig Sorgen um ihre Familie. Da wird ihr Mann im Koma ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert. Ein Überfall und Verbindungen ins Drogenmilieu liegen nah. Konkrete Anhaltspunkte fehlen. Und doch stößt der Commissario aller­orten auf Betrügereien, ja sogar auf ein Leck in der Ques­tura. Fakten bekommt er keine zu fassen, geschweige denn einen Täter. Aber sei...