Overview

A new look for the thirteenth instalment in the Venice-based Commissario Brunetti series ' Leon has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals ... Like all the best detective fiction, Doctored Evidence not only solves a mystery, but also anatomises the setting in which the crime occurred' Daily Mail When a wealthy Venetian woman is found brutally murdered, the prime suspect is her Romanian maid, who dies in a tragic accident while fleeing the city, carrying a considerable sum of money and forged papers. When the old woman's neighbour returns from abroad, confessing to have given the maid the money out of pity, questions begin to arise, and Commissario Brunetti decides to take the case on himself. But what could have been the true motive for the murder in such nebulous circumstances if not greed? Or is Brunetti thinking of the wrong sin altogether?

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Author:   Donna Leon
Publisher:   Cornerstone
Imprint:   Arrow Books Ltd
Volume:   13
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.234kg
ISBN:  

9780099536550

ISBN 10:   0099536552
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   26 February 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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The virtues of Leon's writing are all on display in ... Doctored Evidence ... [Leon] has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals ... Like all the best detective fiction, Doctored Evidence not only solves a mystery, but also anatomises the setting in which the crime occurred Daily Mail Leon's talent for sketching Venice with equal measures of affection and exasperation is undimmed, and Brunetti and his serious, thoughtful wife Paola remain subtle and pleasing creations Sunday Times Fans of Leon will not be disappointed ... She has crafted yet another expert mystery The Baltimore Sun Deeply satisfying and often very funny The Miami Herald A beautifully cadenced mystery ... no one is more graceful and accomplished than Donna Leon The Washington Post

Fans of Leon will not be disappointed. . . . She has crafted yet another expert mystery. ( The Baltimore Sun ) Deeply satisfying and often very funny. ( The Miami Herald ) A beautifully cadenced mystery . . . no one is more graceful and accomplished than Donna Leon. ( The Washington Post )

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Donna Leon is author of the much-loved, best-selling series of novels featuring Commissario Brunetti and one of The Times' 50 Greatest Crime Writers. Widely considered one of the best detective series ever, with admirers including Ursula K. Le Guin and Antonia Fraser, the Brunetti Mysteries have won numerous awards around the world and been translated into thirty-five languages.

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