The new instalment in the bestselling Commissario Brunetti series.
Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna's books have been translated into thirty-five languages and have been published around the world. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.
When she's writing about her beloved Venice, Donna Leon can do
no wrong. And Earthly Remains, her new mystery featuring
Commissario Guido Brunetti, is one of her best. It's also one of
her saddest, dealing as it does with the seemingly unstoppable
polluting of the great lagoon . . . Leon dares to try, once again
earning the gratitude of her devoted readers. * New York Times
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Donna Leon's recreation of Venice and her depiction of the series'
core characters ... is, as always in this long-running series, a
triumph. * Literary Review *
Leon has done for Venice what Morse did for Oxford, or Aurelio Zen
for Rome ... Leon is a wonderful writer, the sentences as
beautifully crafted as the puparin Casati's father had long ago
built. * The Arts Desk *
The latest - and 26th - instalment in the best-selling Commissario
Brunetti series will not need any recommendation for those familiar
with Leon's accomplished detective series. * RTE Guide *
I sometimes find it difficult to review Donna Leon's books with any
original comment as they are consistently good. However, this is an
excellent example and as with all her other books I have read,
comes highly recommended. * Crimesquad *
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