…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...
63. DEATH AT LA FENICE, BY DONNA LEON (Book 1 of Commissario Brunetti)Recommended by the delightful nous-contre-eux (Mimi). And it was a delightful read.Synopsis: A world-famous conductor is found dead in his dressing-room in the middle of a performance in the biggest opera house in Venice. Guido B...
For day 5's topic two cozy mystery series came to my mind at once: The Bruno, Chief of Police Novels by Martin Walker (set in the Perigord in France) and the Commisario Brunetti novels by Donna Leon (set in Venice, Italy). In both series food plays a major role and you just wish you could sit at the...
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...
“A policeman, married to a thief, with a computer monster and an anarchist for children”Whenever I start a new book by a female author, I start suffering from the PD James-Syndrome, which simplified, means that whether this book will turn out to be another mediocre fiction in the garb of Crime Writi...
Hmm, did I like it or did I really like it? I'd gladly read more of the series so I'm going for the extra star. I liked the feel I got for Venice that was nicely woven throughout the story, the characters were interesting and I liked the general opera theme. It was a quick, uncomplicated read, finis...
Commissario Guido Brunetti is called to Venice's La Fenice, the city's premiere opera house, when the infamous maestro Helmut Wallhauer is found dead in his dressing room after intermission. Brunetti must quickly solve this case as the victim's high profile creates added pressure on city officials t...
I have read @ ten of Donna Leon's books and this review reflects my opinion of most of them. Some have a slightly better story, a little more engaging than others, but for the most part, the books are about Brunetti, and about Venezia, and the Italian people.Commissario Guido Brunetti is a deep and ...
I quite enjoyed this little mystery. It's the first in a series taking place in and around Venice. The protagonist is an affable police commissioner who manages to run his investigations his own way, in spite of a blustery clueless boss, all the time adhering to the societal, often archaic, rules an...
Just reread this and glad that I did: it's better than I remember it.OK the characters and two dimensional and the writing is flat in places: but the plot is good; the narrative keeps you wanting to read on; the descriptions of Venice are evocative; and in the relationship between the main figure an...
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