Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti #5)
Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that Brett Lynch, a friend since a murder case at La Fenice, has suffered a savage beating. The attack, in the beautiful palazzo home of Flavia Petrelli, reigning diva of La Scala, had come with a message: 'Don't keep that...
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Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that Brett Lynch, a friend since a murder case at La Fenice, has suffered a savage beating. The attack, in the beautiful palazzo home of Flavia Petrelli, reigning diva of La Scala, had come with a message: 'Don't keep that appointment with Dottor Semenzato.' Then, with the storm clouds gathering fast over the city, a man's body is found ...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143115908 (0143115901)
Publish date: January 27th 2009
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Mystery,
Detective,
Art,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Italian Literature
Series: Commissario Brunetti 6 (#5)
I could've sworn that I've read this one before. I know I spent time going through Donna Leon's books because it constituted a big portion of English books collection in a local library near my house in Germany. I remember thinking about Acqua Alta when I finally visited Venice & reading the posters...
A less cynical and dark plotline combined with a somewhat weak narrative tread makes this fifth Brunetti novel less exciting than the first four. On the positive side, we have the return of the opera singer and her archaeologist/art historian lover who is involved in the theft of Chinese art she was...
I really like Donna Leon. I hope she continues to write forever. Her books are always literate and interesting with marvelous characters. The plots are intricate even if her view of Italian society is dark indeed. For example, in Acqua Alta, a woman is seriously beaten by some thugs. Her partner ...