Donna Leon

Death in a strange country

Dustin

Finally continuing with Donna Leon. A nice book with lots of cliches. Some descriptions of where the Commissario walked seemed a bit too detailed but otherwise I enjoyed the book as always. Easy to read. Weird to read in English and hearing the language changes mentioned.

Cindy Lieberman

An American soldier is found dead in a canal in Venice. Guido Brunetti leads the investigation, turning up evidence of foul play that his boss prefers he overlook. A lot of disparagement of politics, both American and Italian. A series I will keep reading. 3.5 rounded up.

Brian Wikene

Claudiu

'The body floated face down in the murky water of the canal. Gently the ebbing tide tugged it along towards the open waters of the laguna that spread out beyond the end of the canal-'Early one morning Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice Police, confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid Venetian canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti robbery seems altogether too convenient a motive. Then something very incriminating is discovered in the dead man's flat, something which points to the existence of a high level cabal - and Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody, somewhere, is taking great pains to provide a ready-made solution to the crime.

Death in a strange country

Reviews