Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries (Hardcover): Drawing Conclusions : A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (Hardcover)

from smik

I found it a thoroughly enjoyable read, Donna Leon at her best: raising social issues such as how we handle the abuse of women. We are reminded too of Brunetti's social conscience. He has become a little uncomfortable with how Signorina Elettra acquires her information. He know that she uses her ...

from nautilus

I love Donna Leon's Guido Brunetti crime novels set in Venice. The crimes are often subtle, with no winners or losers. She has a mordant wit with sharp observations about Italian political and social life. I particularly like the way the character of Paola, Brunetti's wife, is often the moral com...

from Judiex

Commissario Guido Brunetti is called to investigate the death of middle-aged woman in her apartment. She had been dead for a few days. There was a cut on her scalp, blood on the floor and radiator, and a few light marks near her neck. The death appeared to be a heart attack. The woman was the mot...

from tututhefirst

Commissario Guido Brunetti is probably my all-time favorite policeman. * He lives in Venice. * He's still madly in love with his wife of over 20 years. * His wife is a gorgeous, rich, educated, independent college professor who fixes him incredible homemade lunches everyday. * He doesn't drive a ...

from cyderry

As usual in the Commissario Brunetti series, the reader is taken on a ride through Venice while investigations are underway into the death of Signora Altavilla, an elderly woman found dead in her apartment by her neighbor. The coroner rules the death by heart attack but Brunetti is alarmed by bru...