A world-famous German opera conductor has died at La Fenice, and Commissario (Detective) Guido Brunetti pursues what appears to be a murder investigation without leads.

The third in Leon's richly evocative mysteries set in Venice and starring police Commissario Guido Brunetti reveals several flaws in Brunetti's character--some endearing, some disquieting, all Continue reading » Such is Brunetti's popularity that an industry has grown up around him. Visitors clutch copies of Brunetti's Venice: Walks with the City's Best-Loved Detective. They take home Brunetti's Cookbook. A German production company has made 20 Commissario Brunetti telemovies, which Leon assures me are "pretty bad". She reconsiders. "No, they're not bad. They're very, very German." Death at La Fenice (1992), the first novel by American academic and crime-writer Donna Leon, is the first of the internationally best-selling Commissario Brunetti mystery series, set in Venice, Italy. The novel won the Japanese Suntory prize, [1] and its sequel is Death in a Strange Country (1993). Find out more by tuning in to hear Donna Leon talking to her readers in the studio and around the world about murder and mystery in Venice. Unbekannter Einband. Condition: Gut. Ausgabe von 1995, außen mit Gebrauchsspuren, schief gelesen, Artikel stammt aus Nichtraucherhaushalt! AA5109 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

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Unbekannter Einband. Condition: Gut. außen mit Gebrauchsspuren, schief gelesen, Eintrag/Stempel vorne im Buch, Artikel stammt aus Nichtraucherhaushalt! EG1092 Sprache: Deutsch. Brunetti is painted as a sensitive man who, despite his long years as a detective, has a distaste for the violence he encounters in his work. This is in line with the cozy genre itself, with its general avoidance of excessive violence. Leon rounds out his character throughout the book by giving several glimpses into his past, enabling the reader to understand his character.

Donna Leon has given fans of subtle, clever and literate mysteries something to cheer about. . . . A wonderful read.” –Tony Hillerman We don't actually witness many killings in Leon's books. By the time Brunetti arrives, the yellow tape has gone up around the crime scene. "I'm as one with Aristotle on this," Leon has said. "Do the bloody deed off-stage and then have the messenger come in and describe it."a b Heald, Tim (May 7, 2009). "Interview: Donna Leon Talks About Corruption and Death in Venice". The Telegraph. Venezianisches Finale. Commissario Brunettis erster Fall. Roman. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Monika Elwenspoek. Originaltitel: Death at La Fenice. - (Diogenes Taschenbuch, detebe 22780).

The series’ popularity has also led to the publication of a cookbook, a tour book of Venice based upon Brunetti’s own walks, and a walking tour of Venice authorized by Donna Leon. Overall Reaction:

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Best known for her Venetian mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti (The Golden Egg, etc.), Leon turns to real life with this engaging yet overstuffed essay collection on everything from Continue reading » The heady atmosphere of Venice and a galaxy of fully realized characters enrich this intriguing and finally horrifying tale, the fourth featuring Guido Brunetti, the stalwart and worldly Commissioner Continue reading » The feeling that tourists are lowering the tone of the place, and trampling it to death, is not new. "Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice," the American author Henry James wrote in 1882, "there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors." This month World Book Club talks to award-winning American writer Donna Leon about her celebrated novel Death at La Fenice. Poggioli, Sylvia. “Donna Leon’s Venice: A Tale Of Two Cities.” NPR Books, National Public Radio, 20 Aug. 2007.

Deftly plotted and smoothly written in the Ngaio Marsh cultural mode, but recommended even for readers who, like Brett Lynch, don't care for Verdi. Providing insight into Venetian society through the lens of a gripping intellectual mystery, this atmospheric tale from Leon (Uniform Justice, etc.) finds Continue reading » Over time, she has become deeply disillusioned by Italy's graft-ridden, dysfunctional political and economic systems. "Living here maddens me every day," she says. Blinded, Fasini shot up his a arm to shield his eyes. Still holding his arm raised in front of him, as if to protect himself from a blow, he began to speak: “Ladies and gentlemen,”and then he stopped, gesturing wildly with his left hand to the technician, who, realizing his error, switched off the light. Released from his temporary blindness, the man onthe stage started again. “Ladies and gentlemen, I regret toinform you that Maestro Wellauer is unable to performance.” Whispers, questions, rose from the audience, silk rustled as heads turned, but he continued to speak above the noise. “His place will be taken by Maestro Longhi.” Before the hum could rise to drown him out, he asked, voice insistently calm,”Is there a doctor in the audience?” A conductor succumbs to cyanide at the famed Venice opera house, in the first mystery in the New York Times –bestselling, award-winning series.

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In Leon's 16th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, at once astringent yet lyrical, two rival police forces—Brunetti and his Venetian colleagues and the carabinieri—are both Continue reading »