Donna Leon
Paperback | Pages: 343 pages Rating: 3.9 | 8959 Users | 578 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Dressed for Death |
| ISBN: | 0330344129 (ISBN13: 9780330344128) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Commissario Brunetti #3 |
| Characters: | Commissario Guido Brunetti |
| Setting: | Venice(Italy) |
| Literary Awards: | Deutscher Krimi Preis for 3. Platz International (1997) |
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Dressed to Kill, the 3rd book in Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti Series starts with a body found behind a slaughterhouse in Marghera. Despite the case falling under the Mestre police department, Brunetti is sent to investigate due to a shortage of detectives in that station. Brunetti is not pleased with the situation as he was due to start his leave and take his family to a vacation in the mountains.At first, the body is thought to be of a male transvestite prostitute but when it’s identified as a married man and the director of the Bank of Verona, it seems that there is something more than just a prostituted murdered by a client.
Brunetti’s investigation uncovers a world of corruption, where powerful men are using male prostitutes as decoys in the scam involving illegal property rentals in Venice.
The intelligent and sensitive manner in which Brunetti deals with suspects is done so well.
I find the Brunetti family really interesting and fascinating. Their interaction is beautifully done and I particularly enjoy the chemistry between Guido and Paola….
“Once, walking with him, Paola had stopped and asked him what he was thinking about, and the fact that she was the only person in the world he would not be embarrassed to tell just what it was he had been thinking about at that moment convinced him, though a thousand things had already done so, that this was the woman he wanted to marry, had to marry, would marry.”And finally……………….my favorite secretary/hacker is introduced!!!!
A clever and complex mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end.
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| Title | : | The Anonymous Venetian (Commissario Brunetti #3) |
| Author | : | Donna Leon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 343 pages |
| Published | : | 1995 by Pan (first published 1994) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Cultural. Italy |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 8959 Users | 578 ReviewsAssess Based On Books The Anonymous Venetian (Commissario Brunetti #3)
REVIEW OF AUDIOBOOK; JANUARY 16, 2017Narrator: David ColacciI rather enjoyed this even though at times I got weary of the Italian accent and wanted a break but the story was compelling enough to keep me listening. I guess I will get used to it eventually as I find Brunetti such a likeable man. It's such a refreshing change to have a homicide cop with a healthy, happy family life and I hope that doesn't change, even if some people think it unrealistic. I found this happy aspect so welcomeBored. Slogged through it on the strength of the reviews and the hope of a series I might enjoy. I listened to the audio and never adapted to the narrator. I never figured out how much of the problem was him and how much was the book. Often I can get past a so-so narrator once the story takes over in my mind. This story never hooked. I understand the plot and tone of this book are different from others in the series. Maybe its he wrong place to start. Im reading the first of the series on kindle
Another nice installment in the series. They are well-paced and believable. Brunetti and his family are slowly becoming well-liked guests in our house, as my partner also likes the books. This series is highly recommended and it is best to read them from the start.
Donna Leon has developed a likable character in Comissario Guido Brunetti who is on the side of right and calmly and coolly pursues the bad guy. What I loved about this book and why I will read another in the series is Venice. I read this book while I was in Venice and it was fun! I thought the mystery at the core of the book was tame and plodding but I plan on trying another.
Sometimes even the bad guys do fallCommissario Brunetti gets assigned a case that is in neighboring Mestre, across the causeway from Venice. It starts out as a murder of a transvestite, beaten nearly beyond recognition. But was is initially unrecognizable is the accumulating set of small details that start to form a clearer picture of the case, and reverse the direction if the investigation. This is a story about power, financial greed and the insightful persistence of a first class writer
I enjoyed this less upon re-reading. It took rather too long to get moving. The setup of the Lega della Moralità foreshadows Acqua Alta in its depiction of the use of a pious front to cover corruption and murder. "In recent years, the country had been shaken by arrests and convictions for bribery at all levels, from industrialists and builders to cabinet ministers. Billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions of lire had been paid out in bribes, and so Italians had come to believe that
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