The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Death in a Strange Country (Paperback)

from Lman

Death in a Strange Country is a mystery regarding exactly that; but rather than your usual 'whodunit' it is more a matter of 'why was it done'; and very well-done at that! This second instalment in Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti series offers as much enjoyment and entertainment as the first, t...

from cyderry

We return to Venice in this second of the series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti as he is confronted with the death of a young American and a possible suicide of the doctor who identified the body. Since Brunetti's superior, Patta, wants the murder of the American resolved quickly, Guido goe...

from seoulful

Another winner from Donna Leon. The reviews already written are very good and I will only add that if the book is read with a map of Venice on your lap, you will be able to follow the many wanderings of Commissario Brunetti about the streets, over the bridges, past the churches and through the ca...

from TadAD

An America soldier is found floating in a Venetian canal, murdered. Commissario Brunetti is called in and soon finds himself involved in a case extending from Venice to the American military base at Vincenza-complicated by government cover-ups, shadowy Mafia presence and insurance scams. This is ...

from jamespurcell

The Commissario is very frustrated by the impediments that superiors, and people in high places, even his father-in-law use to negate his investigation into two recent crimes in his city. Doggedly struggling on, he solves the crimes but is not able to prosecute them. Unexpected action from a bere...