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Beastly Things: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)
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When the body of man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Brunetti has little to work with. No local has filed a missing-person report, and no hotel guests have disappeared. Where was the crime scene? And how can Brunetti identify the man when he can’t show pictures of his face? The autopsy shows a way forward: it turns out the man was suffering from a rare, disfiguring disease. With Inspector Vianello, Brunetti canvasses shoe stores, and winds up on the mainland in Mestre, outside of his usual sphere. From a shopkeeper, they learn that the man had a kindly way with animals.
At the same time, animal rights and meat consumption are quickly becoming preoccupying issues at the Venice Questura, and in Brunetti’s home, where conversation at family meals offer a window into the joys and conflicts of Italian life. Perhaps with the help of Signorina Elettra, Brunetti and Vianello can identify the man and understand why someone wanted him dead. As subtle and engrossing as ever, Leon’s Beastly Things is immensely enjoyable, intriguing, and ultimately moving.
Drawing Conclusions (Commissario Guido Brunetti, No. 20)
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Nearly twenty years ago, when a conductor was poisoned and the Questura sent a man to investigate, readers first met Commissario Guido Brunetti. Since 1992’s Death at La Fenice, Donna Leon and her shrewd, sophisticated, and compassionate investigator have been delighting readers around the world. For her millions of fans, Leon’s novels have opened a window into the private Venice of her citizens, a world of incomparable beauty, family intimacy, shocking crime, and insidious corruption. This internationally acclaimed, bestselling series is widely considered one of the best ever written, and Atlantic Monthly Press is thrilled to be publishing the twentieth installment, Drawing Conclusions, this spring.
Late one night, Brunetti is called away from dinner to investigate the death of a widow in her modest apartment. Though there are some signs of a struggle, the medical examiner rules that she died of a heart attack. It seems there is nothing for Brunetti to investigate. But he can’t shake the feeling that something or someone may have triggered her heart attack, that perhaps the woman was threatened. Conversations with the woman’s son, her upstairs neighbor, and the nun in charge of the old-age home where she volunteered, do little to satisfy Brunetti’s nagging curiosity. With the help of Inspector Vianello and the ever-resourceful Signorina Elettra, perhaps Brunetti can get to the truth and find some measure of justice.
Insightful and emotionally powerful, Drawing Conclusions reaffirms Donna Leon’s status as one of the masters of literary crime fiction.
Acqua Alta
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Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that Brett Lynch, a friend since a murder case at La Fenice, has suffered a savage beating. The attack, in the beautiful palazzo home of Flavia Petrelli, reigning diva of La Scala, had come with a message: 'Don't keep that appointment with Dottor Semenzato.' Then, with the storm clouds gathering fast over the city, a man's body is found ...
An American living near Venice, Donna Leon has crafted an imaginative series of mysteries set in the waterborne city, all starring police detective Guido Brunetti. In this, the fifth installment, Brunetti sets out to investigate an assault on an American archeologist who herself is investigating a museum exhibition of Chinese antiquities. The moods of Venice and the reflections of the canny, emotional detective are the most affecting qualities of the book.
Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)
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Aggressively investigating an American's murder in tranquil Venice despite his superior's order to keep things clean and quiet, Commissario Guido Brunetti finds himself knee-deep in a toxic waste cover-up with political ties. Reprint. NYT. PW.
Beastly Things
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When a body is found floating in a canal, strangely disfigured and with multiple stab wounds, Commissario Brunetti is called to investigate and is convinced he recognises the man from somewhere. However, with no identification except for the distinctive shoes the man was wearing, and no reports of people missing from the Venice area, the case cannot progress. Brunetti soon realises why he remembers the dead man, and asks Signorina Elettra if she can help him find footage of a farmers' protest the previous autumn. But what was his involvement with the protest, and what does it have to do with his murder? Acting on the fragile lead, Brunetti and Inspector Vianello set out to uncover the man's identity. Their investigation eventually takes them to a slaughterhouse on the mainland, where they discover the origin of the crime, and the world of blackmail and corruption that surrounds it. Both a gripping case and a harrowing exploration of the dark side of Italy's meat industry, Donna Leon's latest novel is a compelling addition to the "Brunetti" series.
Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Brunetti Mystery
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During a performance of La Traviata at La Fenice, a world-renowned (and notoriously nasty) conductor is found dead, apparently poisoned by a cup of coffee. Suspects abound, but Commissario Guido Brunetti is determined to find out the truth about the death.
Leon Donna News
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Globe and Mail - May 21, 2695
There are a bare handful of mystery authors who can maintain quality over 19 books. There are even fewer who can claim the latest works are some of their best. A Question of Belief puts Donna Leon
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Workers at failed Iowa business sentenced in fraud
Chicago Tribune - Mar 06, 2011
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports 51-year-old Allen Scott, of Grundy Center, and 57-year-old Donna Zmolek, of Dike, were each sentenced to just over three years for mail fraud. They were also ordered Friday to help their boss, Leon Walterman, 2 Walterman workers sentenced to prison, 2 others get probationall 17 news articles »
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Man guilty in rural Donna murder that left corpse stabbed, charred
Monitor - Mar 12, 2011
Hidalgo County sheriff's investigators alleged Fiscal was murdered after his girlfriend, Guadalupe de Leon Acuña, her son, Antonio, and Salazar lured him to the Donna Lakes area before beating and stabbing him to death. Deputies responded to a report and more »
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Ashley Greene Rebounding With Kings of Leon Bassist?
Access Hollywood - May 21, 2682
Just hours after a rep for Joe Jonas confirmed his split with “The Twilight Saga's” Ashley Greene, the actress was spotted celebrating St. Patrick's Day with Kings of Leon Bassist Jared Followill. The duo celebrated at New York City's Phebe's Tavern, and more »
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Gary Lewis finds happiness in Honeoye Falls
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Mar 21, 2011
He married a Rochester woman, Donna Grow, in 2003, and they've since bought a house on 11 acres in rural Honeoye Falls, five of those acres being pine trees and winding paths. It's a two-story house of no particular architectural school.
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