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By Its Cover (Commissario Brunetti, #23) - Donna Leon
By Its Cover (Commissario Brunetti, #23)
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2.50 5
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780434023035 (0434023035)
Publisher: William Heinemann
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Mystery
Series: Commissario Brunetti 6 (#23)
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drallapaul
drallapaul rated it
4.0 Good Venetian police procedural - no real surprises here
I read a few reviews about this while I was reading it and I have to agree a bit with some of the criticism that it's a bit same-old. However that's also part of the charm of the Inspector Brunetti books: finding again the familiar streets of Venice, the food, the family dynamic, the often lax polic...
Lynn Horton Books
Lynn Horton Books rated it
4.0 By Its Cover
I wrote a review yesterday in which I said I was always concerned when I read another book by one of my favorite authors. Was this the time they would disappoint me? Were they getting tired of their characters or story lines? In that review, I was delighted to say the author delivered yet again.I lo...
fromfirstpagetolast
fromfirstpagetolast rated it
Commissario Guido Brunetti is called to a library in Venice. Someone has been stealing valuable books. Even worse, pages have been taken from others, leaving the remaining tomes worthless. Brunetti believes that something other than petty theft and vandalism is involved. His investigation takes him ...
Toni
Toni rated it
3.0 "By Its Cover" by Donna Leon
Book 23, in the Commissario Guido Brunetti MysteryMs. Donna’s latest inspiration comes from the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples and has finely offered us a tale that includes theft, blackmail, violence and murder. A rare book thief is the target in this latest installme...
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