Trace Elements, Leon, Donna

Автор: Leon Donna
Название: Unto Us a Son Is Given
ISBN: 1787463192 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787463196
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: 'Leon's novels are unshowy and imbued with the humanist outlook that makes Brunetti such an appealing character.' Sunday TimesA New York Times BestsellerA Los Angeles Times BestsellerA Library Journal Bestseller (Mystery)Named One of the Year's Best Crime Novels by BooklistAn Amazon Best Book of the Month (Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense)A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 at Crime ReadsSHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD__________________________________The latest bestselling Venice crime novel from celebrated author Donna LeonAs a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count's best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would become the sole heir to Gonzalo's substantial fortune, something which Gonzalo's friends, including the Count, find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why they're so intent on meddling in the old man's business.

Not long after Brunetti meets with Gonzalo, the elderly man unexpectedly passes away from natural causes. Old and frail, Gonzalo's death goes unquestioned, and a few of his oldest friends gather in Venice to plan the memorial service. But when Berta, a striking woman and one of Gonzalo's closest confidantes, is strangled in her hotel room, Brunetti is drawn into long-buried secrets from Gonzalo's past.

What did Berta know? And who would go to such lengths to ensure it would remain hidden?Once again, Donna Leon brilliantly follows the twists and turns of the human condition, set against the ebb and flow of Venetian life.

Автор: Leon, Donna
Название: Trace Elements
ISBN: 1787465136 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787465138
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A woman's cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Donna Leon's haunting twenty-ninth Brunetti novel.

When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding.

'They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no', Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently-deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto.

Even though he is not sure she can hear him Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni will look into what initially appears to be a private family tragedy. They discover that Fadalto worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the cleanliness of Venice's water supply and that he had died in a mysterious motorcycle accident. Distracted briefly by Vice Questore Patta's obsession with youth crime in Venice, Brunetti is bolstered once more by the remarkable research skills of Patta's secretary, Signora Elettra Zorzi.

Piecing together the tangled threads, in time Brunetti comes to realize the perilous meaning in the woman's accusation and the threat it reveals to the health of the entire region. But justice in this case proves to be ambiguous, as Brunetti is reminded it can be when, seeking solace, he reads Aeschylus's classic play The Eumenides.

As she has done so often through her memorable characters and storytelling skill, Donna Leon once again engages our sensibilities as to the differences between guilt and responsibility.

Автор: Leon, Donna
Название: Earthly Remains
ISBN: 1785151371 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785151378
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Описание: During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Commissario Guido Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to regret. Now, Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his holiday and discover what happened to the man who had recently become his friend.

Автор: Leon Donna
Название: Earthly Remains
ISBN: 1784758140 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784758141
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Описание: Granted leave from the Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti decides to finally take a well-earned break and visit Sant`Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the Venetian laguna.

Автор: Leon, Donna
Название: The Temptation of Forgiveness
ISBN: 1787461092 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787461093
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Описание: Important information is leaking from inside the Venetian Questura, and Commissario Guido Brunetti is tasked with uncovering the culprit.

Автор: Leon, Donna (Author)
Название: Unto Us a Son Is Given
ISBN: 0802129110 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780802129116
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Цена: 23910.00 T
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Описание: "Your situation is always ambiguous, isn't it, Guido?," his father-in-law, Count Orazio Falier, observes of Donna Leon's soulful detective, Guido Brunetti, at the beginning of her superb 28th Brunetti novel, Unto Us A Son Is Given. "The world we live in makes that necessary," Brunetti presciently replies. Count Falier was urging his Venetian son-in-law to investigate, and preferably intervene in, the seemingly innocent plan of the Count's best friend, the elderly Gonzalo Alvarez di Tejeda, to adopt a much younger man as his son. Under arcane Italian inheritance laws this man would then be heir to Gonzalo's entire fortune, a prospect Gonzalo's friends find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why the old man, a close family friend, can't be allowed his pleasure in peace.

And yet, what seems innocent on the Venetian surface can cause tsunamis beneath. Gonzalo unexpectedly, and literally, drops dead on the street, and his good friend Berta Dodson, just arrived in Venice for the memorial service, is strangled in her hotel room--having earlier sent Gonzalo an email saying "We are the only ones who know you cannot do this," referring to the adoption. Now with an urgent case to solve, Brunetti reluctantly untangles the long-hidden mystery in Gonzalo's life that ultimately led to murder--a resolution that brings him way more pain than satisfaction.

Once again, Donna Leon brilliantly plumbs the twists and turns of the human condition, reuniting us with some of crime fiction's most memorable and enduring characters.

Автор: Donna Leon
Название: Venetian Curiosities
ISBN: 0434022063 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780434022069
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Описание: In a city as ancient as Venice, myths and legends passed down from generation to generation record more than just love or murder. This title recounts some of Venice`s most intriguing tales: an elephant brought in for Carnival wreaks havoc upon the city before seeking refuge in a church, and more.

Автор: Leon, Donna
Название: Death at La Fenice
ISBN: 0061043370 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061043376
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Автор: Donna Leon
Название: The Jewels of Paradise
ISBN: 0434022284 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780434022281
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Цена: 11430.00 T
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Автор: Leon, Donna
Название: Golden Egg, The
ISBN: 0099584980 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099584988
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Описание: The middle-aged deaf mute with the mental age of a child who helped out at the Brunetti`s dry cleaners has been found dead - an `accidental` overdose of his mother`s sleeping pills - and Paola is distraught by the news.

Автор: Leon, Donna
Название: Unto us a son is given
ISBN: 1785152173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785152177
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: In the 28th novel in Donna Leon`s bestselling Commissario Brunetti series, Brunetti`s father-in-law, the Count Falier, urges Brunetti to investigate and intervene in the seemingly innocent plan of the Count`s best friend, the elderly Gonzalo Rodriguez de Tejeda, to adopt a much younger man as his son.

Автор: Leon, Donna
Название: Unto us a son is given
ISBN: 1785152181 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785152184
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