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Death at La Fenice

By Donna Leon
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Death at La Fenice is the first novel in Donna Leon's acclaimed Guido Brunetti series. Set against the enchanting yet shadowy backdrop of Venice, it follows the urbane vice-commissario Brunetti as he investigates the mysterious cyanide poisoning of a famed conductor during a performance at the opera house La Fenice. The crime reveals a complex tale of vengeance and moral corruption beneath the city’s serene surface.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This crime thriller will appeal to readers who enjoy atmospheric detective fiction, especially those drawn to intricate plots set in richly described European cities.

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"A gripping first mystery, as beguiling and secretly sinister as Venice herself. Sparkling and irresistible." -- Rita Mae Brown

The first book in the internationally bestselling Guido Brunetti detective series in which a high society murder leads Guido to investigate the darker side of beautiful Venice.

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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780060740689

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2004

Country: United States

Imprint: Collins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 213g

Pages: 288

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Crime & Thriller Donna Leon Fiction General Fiction Police Procedural

About the Author

Donna Leon has written four previous Guido Brunetti novels, Death and Judgment, Dressed for Death, Death in a Strange Country, and Death at La Fenice, which won the Suntory Prize for the best suspense novel of 1991. She teaches English at the University of Maryland extension at a U.S. Air Force base near Venice Italy, where she has lived for over twenty years.

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