Donna Leon: 168 books

Eine von Paolas Studentinnen erkundigt sich bei Brunetti nach Möglichkeiten, die Ehre ihres Großvaters wiederherzustellen. Das Verbrechen liegt Jahre zurück, und so misst Brunetti der Frage zunächst wenig Bedeutung bei - bis Claudia Leonardo erstochen in ihrer Wohnung aufgefunden wird. Donna...

Tod vor dem Brennofen. Ist ein Familienzwist zwischen dem Fabrikbesitzer und seinem Schwiegersohn schuld? Oder musste der Nachtwächter der Glasmanufaktur dafür büßen, dass er ein fanatischer Umweltschützer und Leser ist? In einer Ausgabe von Dantes >Inferno< entdeckt Brunetti die entscheidende...

Tod eines Schwarzafrikaners auf dem Campo Santo Stefano. Ein Streit unter Immigranten? Oder steckt mehr hinter der Ermordung eines Illegalen? Brunetti hakt trotz Warnungen von höchster Stelle nach und entdeckt Verbindungen, die weit über Venedig hinausreichen. Donna Leon, geboren 1942 in...

En aquest cas, Donna Leon centra la investigació del comissari Brunetti en una trama sobre les corrupteles dels metges i farmacèutics, que abusen de les persones grans o malaltes, i sobre el dilema moral de la desobediència a les lleis davant de casos humanament comprensibles. Una nova prova de...

Durant un dia lluminós a Venècia, el commissario Brunetti i el seu assistent es desplacen a la questura per rescatar el seu amic Marco Ribetti, que ha estat arrestat mentre participava en una manifestació ecologista. Malgrat aconseguir que l?alliberin, tots tres hauran de fer front a la fúria...

Please note, this e-book edition does not include the audio recordings of Venetian barcarole.Of all the trademarks of Venice, none is more ubiquitous than the gondola. In this beautifully illustrated collection, internationally bestselling author Donna Leon tells fascinating stories about these famous...

An Italian police detective looks into the deaths of two fishermen in an isolated island community: “Leon’s Venetian mysteries never disappoint.” —The New York Times Book Review   On a beautiful spring morning on the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, a small...

Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. With The Jewels of Paradise, Leon takes readers beyond the world of the Venetian Questura in her first standalone novel.Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and...

Las tres pasiones de Donna León son los libros, Venecia y la ópera, como se aprecia en cada una de las novelas de la serie del Comisario Brunetti, ya que tanto él, como su esposa, Paula, son ávidos lectores. Conocida ya como "la gran dama del crimen" Donna Leon desvela las claves para...

When an immigrant dies on a Venice street, it will take a determined detective to pursue the case to its shocking end: “[An] outstanding series.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in...

In this “powerful” novel in the New York Times–bestselling series, an Italian police detective delves into two deaths and a dark era of history (The Times, London). When Commissario Guido Brunetti first meets her, Claudia Leonardo is merely one of his wife’s students. Intelligent and...

This illustrated history of the gondola—its cultural significance and ingenious design—includes audio recordings of Venetian barcarole. First used in medieval Venice as a getaway boat, the gondola evolved over the centuries from a floating pleasure palace for the Venetian elite, to a tourist...

Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether too convenient. When something is discovered in...

Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than a decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever Commissario Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover the threads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity while maneuvering through a city rife with politics,...