Doctored Evidence (Commissario Brunetti, #13)
As Donna Leon’s many fans have come to expect, beloved Commissario Guido Brunetti once again finds himself pursuing a puzzling case his fellow policemen would rather leave closed. After a wealthy elderly woman is found brutally murdered in her apartment, the authorities suspect her maid. But...
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As Donna Leon’s many fans have come to expect, beloved Commissario Guido Brunetti once again finds himself pursuing a puzzling case his fellow policemen would rather leave closed. After a wealthy elderly woman is found brutally murdered in her apartment, the authorities suspect her maid. But when the maid meets an untimely end trying to escape from border police, and it appears that the money she carried may not have been stolen, Commissario Guido Brunetti decides—unofficially—to take the case on himself. Filled with Leon’s signature plot twists, Doctored Evidence is a terrific novel of suspense that is sure to delight loyal fans as well as attract new ones.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780143035633 (0143035630)
Publish date: May 3rd 2005
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 322
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
American,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Cozy Mystery,
Murder Mystery,
Italian Literature
Series: Commissario Brunetti 6 (#13)
A grumpy, old woman who was hated by everyone and died with five blows on the back of the head
More like a domestic type of mystery for this mellow yet oppressive plot. Leon succeeded in taking a prosaic, down to earth, petty motive and transforming it into a commentary on the human psyche. Not bad for a mystery series novel. So it's the height of summer and when Brunetti comes back from vaca...