by Donna Leon
I'm a Donna Leon fan, believing she's at the top of her game and one of the finest suspense writers of my time. I begin each novel with slight hesitation, hoping she's not tiring of Inspector Brunetti and his family, or his work in the floating city.This latest manuscript is one of her best. It also...
The Golden Egg is the 22nd outing for Commissario Guido Brunetti and finds him looking into the death of a deaf mute man who worked in the launderette Brunetti frequents. As he investigates he finds people closing ranks, comes into contact with a wealthy family beset with tragedy, and discovers that...
Book 22, in the Commissario Brunetti seriesFirst I admit being a huge fan of this series but after reading this latest I am really not sure what to make out of it. “The Golden Egg” unfolds in such a languorous manner and keeps the same slow pace throughout I felt I had taken a sleeping pill and wait...
The Venice-based Brunetti mysteries feature well-dressed Italian people, delicious food, frequent coffee and wine breaks, and a polite and philosophical detective married to a fiery liberal literature professor who happens to be the daughter of a rich conte and contessa. The minor complaint I have i...
Brunetti "still remained surprised at how few people read. He read, Paola read, the kids read, but he realized how seldom he talked about books or found a person who appeared to take a serious interest in them."Thankfully, we have GoodReads….
Donna Leon and Commisario Brunetti at their best. The crime is once more a small one but it has a grand solution. And Brunetti's work-life-balance is amazing as usual.
With only a single Brunetti novel read, a sample size of less than 5% of this work, it seems to me that the Commissario is fortunate to live and work in Venice. His excessive scruples, and hesitant approach to interviewing and questioning those who might help him unravel the mystery of the death of...
I'm a Donna Leon fan, believing she's at the top of her game and one of the finest suspense writers of my time. I begin each novel with slight hesitation, hoping she's not tiring of Inspector Brunetti and his family, or his work in the floating city. This latest manuscript is one of her best. It als...
Not as dark as Beastly Things which was something of a relief. This one makes me think hard about language. Ms. Leon is a master at making the reader hate some (hateful) characters. Visceral.
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