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Willful Behavior: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

(Commissario Brunetti #11)

Donna Leon,

Steven Crossley (narrator)

3.93 · Rating details · 5,620 ratings · 454 reviews

From the acclaimed author of The Waters of Eternal Youth, Commissario Guido Brunetti dredges up dark secrets from Italy's anti-Semitic past in his captivating eleventh case.

Mystery lovers everywhere are addicted to Donna Leon's ever-honorable Commissario Guido Brunetti and her portrayal of Venice's beautiful but sinister byways and canals. In Willful Behavior, Brunetti ...more

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Oct 18, 2016 Alex is The Romance Fox rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure-mystery-crime-thriller, series, authors-i-o

Willful Behavior, (Commissario Brunetti Series #11 by Donna Leon) takes us along with Guido Brunetti as he delves into buried secrets dating back to WW2 - Nazi collaboration, Italy's Anti -Semitic past, the exploitation of Italian Jews during that period, something that a lot of people are prepared to kill to keep it buried.

Once again, we watch Brunetti using his connections to help solve the murders of one of his wife Paola's students and the owner of an extraordinary art collection. His abili ...more

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Nov 08, 2014 Gisela Hafezparast rated it really liked it · review of another edition

One of the better one of the series (although I like them all). As always the crime story is not the most interesting part about this book and like most of them the actual solving of the crime is a bit banal. It's the insight into Italy, it's culture, changing life style, politics and "system" which is fascinating. When I read these books, the paradoxical, frustrating and then again, enchanting, Italian-way-of-life/survival makes me shake my head continuously and go "What, how can you live with ...more

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Aug 30, 2016 Jeanette rated it liked it · review of another edition

Now that I've read 2/3rds of all the Brunetti series published before 2016, I have a good idea of what the pace, style, depth maintains for this bunch. There are times Donna Leon scales the heights in her insight and ability to peel down and more. Especially in those moments when Guido resounds within echoing thoughts his joy and gratitude of what he knows he holds. In this one, I got some of that, but much less than in the more recent volumes in the series. This is more toward "the front" and a Now that I've read 2/3rds of all the Brunetti series published before 2016, I have a good idea of what the pace, style, depth maintains for this bunch. There are times Donna Leon scales the heights in her insight and ability to peel down and more. Especially in those moments when Guido resounds within echoing thoughts his joy and gratitude of what he knows he holds. In this one, I got some of that, but much less than in the more recent volumes in the series. This is more toward "the front" and although the kids are middle school, and teenager- his mood was far more gloom. For good reason, but it was not as enjoyable for me as the reader.

A 20 year old good girl, a virgin, has been murdered. One of Paola's students and they learn she was extremely wealthy. And the reason why she was killed may be associated by the questions she was asking about her family's past- during the WWII years.

Of course there was some delicious food. Two times Paola made a special mid-day meal. And in fact an egg plant and ricotta dish that I do make myself in one instance for dinner. And Paola is not terribly snobby either here, just annoyingly formal in attitude (to me). The best part was her Father, the Count, as he recalled his experiences to Guido in private conservation. That part, getting some insight into the Count and his art collection, was the 4 star part of this one.

But amid this kind of art, the beauty of the churches and other places described so well - with the juxtaposition of so few (nary one with any real joy except for a few moments of Guido's distraction)appreciating those 16th and 17th century treasures? And with the politico commenting now and again, as well, with such arrogance? Guido and Paola almost turned me off from the beauty and Venice itself, in this one. My least favorite so far from the 15 or so I have read.

The way he (Guido) described the empty churches in the same mode just before or after his consistent repeating attitudes (thought, thought and rethought for the negatives) about initiative and the interests of tradition that he wasn't up to in belief or didn't care enough to concern about relating to his kids? Meh. I found Guido and Paola rather lazy too in their intellectual side, with oodles of self-serving judgments. Judgments rather conveniently present tense when they never had to deal with the real brunt of those in the '50's aftermath that did.

Guido and Elettra too, when I think about it- seem way too cynical for where they live and how they live too during this one. The latter years' insight into the positives of the everyday seem less achieved. Especially when you consider the amount of banking hacking and illegal interface Elettra scores in this one. Grim, morose is usually far from their interplay of words- but in this one seemed more "at home". Even their sarcasm and mutual dislike of Scarpa and his patsy boss Patta usually holds more brightness in the bigger picture with their cutting asides intact- kept between these two co conspirators.

This flashback criteria investigation also held the least plot yet- and the most outlandish answer. Not the money making schemes angle but the violent act by this perp against Claudia? With Claudia acting so staid? I didn't think the plot (and I know they are secondary in these novels) satisfied either up to the usual Guido read average of intertwine.

But still- a good read. Much more if you are intrigued about WWII in Venice. ...more

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Jun 14, 2020 Karl Jorgenson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Reading Donna Leon is a special treat. Her Commissario Brunetti series puts us inside the culture of Venice: travel by vaperetto, disdain of tourism, gourmet food at every meal, espresso four times per day, wine with every meal and snack, and the rampant corruption at every level of government, from the police, to taxes, building permits, and even museums and art. Everybody is running a scam and everybody accepts this as part of life in the city. Brunetti manages to do his job, in spite of the c ...more

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Jul 14, 2018 Labijose rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Written before the writer started to decline in the series. A very good read.

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Aug 18, 2015 Emily rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-thriller, world-war-ii, italy, detective-series

This is my favorite Brunetti book yet! The mystery is actually compelling (for once), and the tangled history of Venice during World War II really worked for me. It added complex layers to many of the characters that have been around for 11 books at this point, especially Count Falier: the conversation between Brunetti and Falier is possibly the most sincerely gut-wrenching scene Donna Leon has ever written. At the same time, this book is full of one-liners that made me laugh out loud. The combi ...more

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May 03, 2019 Ruby rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Like others in the Commissario Brunetti series, the murder isn't always an obvious figure. This isn't a spoiler, because there are lots of characters who are not the obvious culprits. This book describes corruption in even more detail than earlier ones, and deals with the aftermath of World War II and the effect of Italy's participation (both as Axis and then Ally) on generations both immediately after the war and later generations. And we get to learn a bit more about Paola's father's history, ...more

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Jun 08, 2019 Anne rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-thrillers

"The Madonna had saved the country from plague, and now there was a church. The Americans had saved the country from the Germans, and now there was McDonald's".

There is a timeless, meditative quality to Donna Leon's writing, the idea that history never fully resolves because human beings are a flawed and doomed species. And yet, there are characters who are good, kind, and ethical. The author maintains a delicate balance in the way she develops her characters, and this helped to keep me engaged ...more

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Jul 13, 2017 Pamela Mclaren rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries

Commissario Brunetti is drawn back into time to World War II and the disappearance and reappearance of stolen artwork when one of his wife's students begins to ask about a possible pardon for a crime committed by her grandfather during that era. Before too long, the young woman is stabbed to death and Brunetti finds himself seeking answers to who she was, who was her family and what is it about her and her family that got her killed.

Donna Leon has once created a solid story, a mystery that draws ...more

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Aug 25, 2019 Lori rated it liked it · review of another edition

One of Paola's university students asks her a legal question seeking the advice of Paola's husband Commissario Guido Brunetti, a former law student. The question involves a man who died while serving a sentence in a mental institution for a conviction during the World War II years. While Brunetti doubts a modern trial would produce a different result, when the girl turns up dead, he knows her questions probably resulted in her murder. They mystery involves art in a private collection and a somew ...more

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Oct 10, 2018 Carolyn Fagan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Just loving this series. Love the familial relationships of the Brunetti family and the relationships of Guido with Vianello and Signorina Elettra. Reading each one just gets better and better!

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Sep 28, 2019 Chris Nickson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I've long been a fan of Donna Leon, not just for the way she makes Venice such a lively, tactile place, but also for Brunetti, his family and colleagues. But in this book she's outdone herself. A story that starts simply and becomes labyrinthine. There's family and history, Venice and Italy, greed and lust and twisting around each other. And at the core, family and innocence betrayed, love and hate. To my taste, this is Leon at her very best, moving and affecting, yet also majestic. There's the ...more

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Feb 27, 2013 Sara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This one is masterful. Again, it revolves around art, art collecting and agents, but ranges far beyond to the fate of Venetian-owned masterpieces during the second world war and those who "disposed" of them. Literature plays a large role as well...Paola's teaching and Guido's policing flow in parallel streams of frustration. It's satisfying to learn more about the character of Paola's father and, in Guido's friend Lele's memories, into Guido's father as well. Characters formed in the war, for be This one is masterful. Again, it revolves around art, art collecting and agents, but ranges far beyond to the fate of Venetian-owned masterpieces during the second world war and those who "disposed" of them. Literature plays a large role as well...Paola's teaching and Guido's policing flow in parallel streams of frustration. It's satisfying to learn more about the character of Paola's father and, in Guido's friend Lele's memories, into Guido's father as well. Characters formed in the war, for better or worse. Leon deepens her insight into all the familiar characters in each book of this series.
Paola's secretive student Claudia is an unforgettable person despite her youth and her brief time upon the stage. We mourn her even while fascinated by the many significant false trails hiding the reason for her murder -- which turns out to be an ordinary old Italian story of greed and jealousy.

Upon re-reading:
Maybe not such an ordinary story. Greed and jealousy magnified by the hateful madness of those years.
This time I noticed much more detail about the period after WW II - the fact that the real history of the war was falsified. Count Falier says, "Just like the French, we couldn't forget what happened during the war years fast enough. You know my feelings about the Germans...But to give them credit, they looked at what they did...The Allies, once the Nuremberg trials were over, would never had pushed the Germans' noses in it. But they chose to examine the war years, at least to a certain degree. We never did, and so there is no history of those years, at least none that's reliable."

And of the Fascists who remain...Vianello says,
"'You can understand young people believing all that shit. After all, the schools don't teach them anything about what really happened. But you'd think people who lived it, who were adults all during it and who saw what happened, you'd think they'd realize.'
'I'm afraid it costs people too much to abandon what they believe,' Brunetti offered by way of explanation. 'If you give your loyalty and, I suppose, your love to ideas like that then it's all but impossible to admit what madness they are.'"

Sobering in the light of the United States right now. ...more

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Apr 10, 2019 Carol Evans rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, read-in-2019

I don’t read the Commissario Guido Brunetti series in order. I jump around depending on what’s available at the library. The series is currently at 28, so Willful Behavior is toward the middle.

Paola, Guido’s wife, brings the case to his attention. One of her students has a question about receiving a pardon for her dead grandfather. She doesn’t provide many clues, just enough to make Brunetti curious. And then she ends up dead, killed.

This time the mystery involves events from World War II and Gu ...more

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May 29, 2019 Dorothy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: modern-day-mysteries, police-procedurals

Claudia Leonardo is a student of English Literature at the university in Venice where Paolo Brunetti teaches. In class, Claudia is a very quiet young woman, seldom speaking, but the work that she presents to Professor Brunetti is exemplary. She shows an extraordinary understanding of the material and a particular admiration for Paolo's own literary hero, Henry James.

Paolo surmises that anyone with such an appreciation of James must be extremely intelligent. Thus, when Claudia lingers after clas Claudia Leonardo is a student of English Literature at the university in Venice where Paolo Brunetti teaches. In class, Claudia is a very quiet young woman, seldom speaking, but the work that she presents to Professor Brunetti is exemplary. She shows an extraordinary understanding of the material and a particular admiration for Paolo's own literary hero, Henry James.

Paolo surmises that anyone with such an appreciation of James must be extremely intelligent. Thus, when Claudia lingers after class one day and asks to speak with Paolo, she is prepared to give her her full attention.

Claudia is aware that Paolo is married to a policeman, Commissario Guido Brunetti, and she wants her to ask her husband a question. She wants to know whether there is a process for obtaining a pardon for a long-dead individual who was convicted of a crime, perhaps unjustly. Paolo answers that she doesn't think her husband can answer the question without more information about what the crime was, when it occurred, etc., but Claudia refuses to elucidate and instead asks if she can speak to the Commissario herself. Paolo advises her to go to the Questura and request to speak to him.

When Claudia does go to speak to Guido, he, too, is very impressed with her intelligence and maturity and they bond over a mutual appreciation of ancient history, but in the end, she still refuses to give sufficient information for him to definitively answer her question. He's only able to give her generalities which is not what she had hoped for.

She goes on her way and Guido returns to his paperwork. But a few days later when the body of a young woman who had been savagely stabbed to death is discovered by her roommate, Guido is shocked to learn that the victim is Claudia.

Investigating the murder uncovers many secrets including the fact that the person whose name Claudia was interested in clearing was her grandfather who was an art dealer during World War II and was later convicted of having taken advantage of and cheated those, primarily Jews, who were desperate to escape the country during that time. Guido visits the home of his lover, whom Claudia referred to as her grandmother. In that home, on the walls and all around the house are art treasures of inestimable worth. The investigation is further complicated by the fact that the lover also is soon found dead in her home and her will reveals her heir as Claudia Leonardo. Guido at first suspects foul play but it seems that the woman who was quite old and ill simply died of natural causes.

In order to solve the murder of Claudia, Guido must untangle the mystery of the artworks and their provenance and find out who might have benefited from her death. As always, Donna Leon delves into the underlying social problems that contribute to this particular crime. In Venice, things are never straightforward and never quite what they seem. And as always, Guido's network of friends, family, and work colleagues assist him in uncovering the truth in his attempt to achieve justice.

Donna Leon's recurring characters remain as appealing as ever and the plot is sharp and well constructed. And her love of Venice, in spite of all its Machiavellian ways, shines through in the thoughts and words of the ever-honorable Guido Brunetti. ...more

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Aug 20, 2020 Alison rated it liked it · review of another edition

This is the third Brunetti book I've read and there is a definite pattern here; albeit one I was warned of -- that however the case gets wrapped up, absolute justice is never done. In fact, the only justice which seems to regularly operate successfully is a sentimental kind. Not 'poetic', because that implies that the actual perpetrators are punished, and it never seems lik they are. However, the reader's feelings are soothed by the end of the book by pieces of providential good fortune that hap ...more

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Jun 07, 2018 annapi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, italy

Commissario Brunetti's wife Paola is approached by one of her students with a question - is there a way for someone convicted of a crime to get a posthumous pardon? She speaks to Brunetti and admits it is about her grandfather, and he voices his opinion that he does not believe a pardon is possible. But later she is found stabbed to death in her apartment, and Brunetti's investigation into her grandfather uncovers a tale of Nazi collaboration and acquisition of art from desperate German Jews dur ...more

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Oct 09, 2019 William Brown rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I found a new author! That is always a delightful time when you try a book by a writer you may be dimly aware of and find a really good book inside those covers. In this case Donna Leon, an American who has lived in Venice for many years and written 20-some mysteries featuring Detective "Commissario" Guido Brunetti and the marvelous city Venice, where everything is political and the usual enemy is the bureaucracy. In this case, the story centers around Italy's dark wartime, a period that few wan ...more

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Apr 06, 2019 Michael Tweed rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Always a delight to read a book by Donna Leon.

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Aug 29, 2019 Dianne Landry rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: guido-brunetti

Once again, Guido does not disappoint.

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Oct 09, 2019 Nancy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoy all of Donna Leon's books, but this one was of particular interest to me. The introspective Commissario Brunetti was engrossed in a case that went far beyond murder. The crime led to a treasure trove of Nazi-era lost art and the story took us in to the politics and morality surrounding the sale or "disposal" of art by wealthy famiies trying to escape oppression or death.

The thought-provoking investigation never felt tedious and Brunetti's emotional reaction to the case was unusual for hi ...more

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Dec 30, 2010 Shane rated it liked it · review of another edition

This novel is less of a detective story than a comment on contemporary Italian society.

Commissario Brunetti is a cop with a difference; he has a normal family life: a professional wife who likes to cook, two gregarious teenage children, and he eats at regular mealtimes, even coming home for lunch. This part is refreshing from the stereotypical coffee-guzzling, sleep deprived, divorced North American (or Swedish) cop who guzzles pizza and burgers whenever hunger calls, but who always gets his mur This novel is less of a detective story than a comment on contemporary Italian society.

Commissario Brunetti is a cop with a difference; he has a normal family life: a professional wife who likes to cook, two gregarious teenage children, and he eats at regular mealtimes, even coming home for lunch. This part is refreshing from the stereotypical coffee-guzzling, sleep deprived, divorced North American (or Swedish) cop who guzzles pizza and burgers whenever hunger calls, but who always gets his murderer. Brunetti gets his man (?) too, but remains powerless against the movers behind the scenes: the bribe takers in the bureaucracy, the black market economy – the “normal” in his society in which “poor notaries are as inconceivable as celibate priests.”

Venice, past and present, comes to life as Brunetti walks, water-taxis, and plods about the city in search of clues in the death of a 20year-old virgin (virginity is a key plot point here) who had sought him out earlier to clear her Fascist grandfather’s name, and who was a student of Brunetti’s professor wife Paola. Everyone knows everyone in this water-logged community and family secrets come out from unlikely sources, revealing the country’s Fascist past about which nothing much has been written, unlike the more vilified German Reich of the time. These secrets seem to be awaiting a precipitating event like a murder to come flooding out.

There are clichés too: the commissario’s boss who is not involved and only wants his underling to find the murderer quickly and close the case before it draws too much attention, and the super-efficient police assistant Signorina Elettra who has a her own ways of beating a corrupt system by maintaining her own version of pirated phone directories and cultivating sources in high places who do her “favours.”

The pace is slow, reminding me of the pace of life in this dreamy touristy city, and the writing constantly summarizes actions and the intent behind certain lines of dialogue, all of which I found unnecessary. And there is a lengthy section after the murderer is caught, when we are left hovering over “why dunnit” which we are, at that point, quite clear about.

Someone said that the modern murder mystery has moved beyond the basic crime puzzle to become a platform for social observation and commentary. That the modern murder mystery is now even a political novel. Leon’s novel certainly epitomizes that thinking.
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May 06, 2009 LJ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: italy, contemporary_post_1945, police_procedural, meals_in_mysteries, mystery, female_author

WILFUL BEHAVIOUR (Pol. Prod.-Ins. Guido Brunetti-Venice, Italy-Cont) - Ex
Leon, Donna – 11th in series
Arrow Books, 2003, UK Paperback – ISBN: 9780099415183

First Sentence: The explosion came at breakfast.

A student of Insp. Guido Brunetti’s wife, Paola, visits him inquiring whether someone who had been convicted of a crime and is now dead could be officially cleared if shown innocent. Brunetti is not given enough information initially, but the question peaks his interest. When the student, Claudia ...more

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Feb 14, 2017 Eugene rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017

Yes, it's a mystery novel, but Leon's books are so much more. Reflections on life, man's inhumanity to man, how the past never goes away, fascism, anti-Semitism, and more, swirl around the story in a most thought-engaging way. Another winner from this author.
Commissario Brunetti is introduced to a young student of his wife's, who asks if he can help obtain a pardon for her deceased grandfather. To say that man had a shady reputation is being kind, but suddenly young Claudia is murdered, and it s ...more

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Feb 20, 2016 Elizabeth Fagin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I have really been enjoying this series featuring Commisario Guido Brunetti, set in modern day Venice. The characters are great and the sense of place is wonderful. I was disappointed in the last one (#10) because the sub plot threw a monkey wrench into the relationship between Guido and his wife. Which upset me. I do tend to get over-involved wth the characters in books.

However in this one (#11), every thing is back to normal in the Brunetti household and I could go back to enjoying the story. ...more

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Aug 05, 2015 Nadeen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-read

I am going to do this review in two parts one for the book and one for the audio edition.

The book is another thoughtful addition to the Commissario Guido Brunetti series.There is always a mix of mystery, ethics and politics that are blended together to make it an engaging series with a mix of both thoughtful characters and inept impediments to solutions and progress. I enjoyed the book quite a bit and would recommend it.

This was an audio "read" for me as has been most of the series. They are p ...more

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Feb 03, 2010 Spuddie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

#11 Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery set in Venice, Italy. One of Guido's wife Paola's university students asks her if she can talk to Guido about a person being pardoned for a crime committed years previously, but asks in such vague terms that Guido tells Paola to have the girl speak to him directly. She does, and from what she tells him, gleans some clues to figure out who she's speaking about and starts inquiring among his older friends about the man he believes to be her grandfather, and h ...more

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Jul 05, 2016 Susan Hirtz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-and-travel

This book was eminently enjoyable, not only in its descriptions of Venice, where Donna Leon excels, but in its plot twists and turns. Her language encapsulates beautifully, leaving the reader within the mind of her main character, Guido Brunetti, Commissario of Police, aware of his personal flaws, yet always forgiving of this humane and sensitive man.

She begins, as she usually does, with an ordinary situation rapidly becoming an unusual one. It leads us through Brunetti's involvement, his motive ...more

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Apr 11, 2014 Robert Muller rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

With this book in the Brunetti series, Leon has taken a major step forward as a writer. After the thriller Sea of Troubles, which was beautifully written if a bit difficult to believe, Leon has moved to a much higher level of character development and writing. Her use of point of view alone is worth the price of the book, and reminds me very much of Jane Austen. The plot in this mystery takes second place to the characters, and the Venetian scene nearly disappears aside from the references to ch ...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Neil Plakcy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I just love these books -- they are slow and almost contemplative, such a difference from the standard crime novel where a body is dropped in the first chapter. These books are as much about Commissario Brunetti and about Venice as they are about the crime. It was fascinating to read this one, in which the actions of folks in WW II are still haunting the present.

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Donna Leon (born September 29, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti.

Donna Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty-five years. She has worked as a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College - Europe (UMUC-Europe) in Italy, then as a Professor ...more

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