Beastly Things
Author(s): Donna Leon
From the author of The Waters of Eternal Youth, twenty-first Commissario Brunetti mystery and Donna Leon s biggest New York Times bestseller yet It s no wonder that Donna Leon s latest mystery debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at number ten. The series s tantalizing crimes, Venetian setting, and much-loved commissario are a winning combination that continues to earn critical acclaim and a growing readership around the globe.In Beastly Things, Leon lives up to her reputation as a writer unafraid to address the corruption underlying La Serenissima s outward beauty. When an unidentified murder victim winds up in a canal, Brunetti travels beyond his usual sphere to find the connection between the dead man and a local slaughterhouse.
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Donna Leon, who was born in New Jersey, has lived in Venice for many years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and China, where she worked as a teacher. Her mysteries featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti include (in order of publication) Death at La Fenice, Death in a Strange Country; Dressed for Death; Death and Judgment; Acqua Alta; Quietly in Their Sleep; A Noble Radiance; Fatal Remedies; Friends in High Places; A Sea of Troubles; Willful Behavior; Uniform Justice; Doctored Evidence; Blood from a Stone; Through a Glass, Darkly; Suffer the Little Children; The Girl of His Dreams; About Face; A Question of Belief, and Drawing Conclusions.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books
- : Penguin Books
- : 0.218
- : 30 April 2013
- : 196mm X 127mm X 18mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : maps
- : 813.54
- : Paperback / softback
- : Donna Leon