A Noble Radiance (Paperback) by Donna Leon

from cyderry

A partially decomposed body is found in a field and identified by the family signet ring that was with it. Roberto Lorenzoni had been kidnapped two years earlier and the case was still open when Commissario Guido Brunetti takes up the case. Count Lorenzoni and his wife still grieve the loss of th...

from ElectricRay

Lassitude, headache and general malaise Through her redoubtable hero Commissario Brunetti, Donna Leon unwittingly makes an interesting observation about A Noble Radiance itself: "...what he'd already heard so often he was beginning to feel the same symptoms: lassitude, headache and general malais...

from francescadefreitas

This is the fifth book I have read in this series, and opening it was like paying a visit to familiar friends. I am happy as each recurring character pops up on the page. I am in love with Venice and with Brunetti's family. The mystery here was uncomfortable but satisfying.

from librisissimo

This is the first, and only, Brunetti mystery I have read, so I am missing a lot of character and milieu backstory. I didn't much care for him, to be frank, although the mystery itself was well plotted and presented. The clues were subtle but telling, and I was nudged in the direction of the solu...

from seoulful

Another page-turner by Donna Leon. The main character, Commissario Brunetti, and several of his co-workers must fight against the prevailing winds of political correctness and corruption in order to do their work. To solve this particular crime they must also overcome the immunity given to one of...