Death at La Fenice: A Commissa

Leon, Donna

ISBN 10: 006074068X / ISBN 13: 9780060740689

Published by Harper Perennial, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death at La Fenice: A Commissa
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006074068X
• ISBN 13: 9780060740689
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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. . . .

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.