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Death at LA Fenice

By Donna Leon

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| Paperback | 9780099469360

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Beautiful and serene Venice is a city almost devoid of crime. But that is little comfort to Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor whose intermission refreshment comes one night with a little something extra in it-cyanide. For Guido Brunetti, vice-commissario of police and detectiveContinue

Beautiful and serene Venice is a city almost devoid of crime. But that is little comfort to Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor whose intermission refreshment comes one night with a little something extra in it-cyanide. For Guido Brunetti, vice-commissario of police and detective genius, finding a suspect isn't a problem; narrowing the large and unconventional group of enemies down to one is. As the suave and pithy Brunetti pieces together clues, a shocking picture of depravity and revenge emerges, leaving him torn between what is and what should be right -- and questioning what the law can do, and what needs to be done.

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  • 'Death at La Fenice' by Donna Leon

    Until very recently I was not aware that Donna Leon's books were set in Venice. I had seen her books cluttering shelves in every book store I've ever haunted but for some weird reason I had never been inclined to pick one up, much less read one. Sill ... (read full critics)

    readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Donna Leon, Death at La Fenice

    "Engaging Italian police procedural" Internationally renowned German conductor Helmut Wellauer was performing La Traviata at Teatro La Fenice when he failed to come out for the second act. A few minutes past the warning gong, someone ask if there is ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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