Death at La Fenice
There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his...
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There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his admirable abilities must come into play in the deadly affair of Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor who died painfully from cyanide poisoning during an intermission at La Fenice. But as the investigation unfolds, a chilling picture slowly begins to take shape—a detailed portrait of revenge painted with vivid strokes of hatred and shocking depravity. And the dilemma for Guido Brunetti will not be finding a murder suspect, but rather narrowing the choices down to one. . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060740689 (006074068X)
ASIN: 006074068X
Publish date: July 27th 2004
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 270
Edition language: English
Category:
Travel,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Music,
Murder Mystery,
Italian Literature
Series: Commissario Brunetti 6 (#1)
…it turns out I've read this book before. I figured that out from a single detail—the only detail I remembered because it was so Italian—and continued listening to the book like it was my first time reading it. Unmemorable as it was, it was also a decent book. Nothing spectacular but neither anyth...
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Mild mannered detective finds out who done it. If you're looking for gun fights and people flying over cars with the wind whipping through their hair, that not here. Which is a nice change of pace and an actual preference for me. Love the detective's marriage. I'm in a library bookclub that read...
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