Fatal Remedies - Hardcover

Donna Leon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434004197 ISBN 13: 9780434004195

Publisher: Random House UK, 1999

Synopsis

[Read by David Colacci]

From the international bestselling author of Through a Glass, Darkly comes the eighth installment in her Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series.

In Fatal Remedies, Brunetti's career is under threat when his professional and personal lives unexpectedly intersect. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city, and Brunetti is shocked to find that the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene is a member of his own family. Meanwhile, he is also under pressure from his superiors to solve a daring robbery with connections to a suspicious accidental death. Could the two crimes be connected? And will Brunetti be able to prove his family's innocence before it's too late?

About this title

About the Author:

Donna Leon has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and China, where she worked as a teacher. Her novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed, including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Silver Dagger for Fiction.

Review:

''One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever.'' --The Washington Post

''No one knows the labyrinthine world of Venice . . . like Leon's Brunetti.'' --Time

''[Brunetti's] humane police work is disarming, and his ambles through the city are a delight.'' --The New York Times Book Review

''The sophisticated but still moral Brunetti, with his love of food and his loving family, proves a worthy custodian of timeless values and verities.'' --The Wall Street Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House UK
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0434004197
• ISBN 13: 9780434004195
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240