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Well done police procedural with Guido Brunetti heading up the investigation in museum artifact forgeries and murder. I found this topic very interesting as well as the reappearance of Flavia, the opera singer from the first book in the series. Even the "acqua alta" is a character in the Venice setting this time. I did miss having Guido's family play more of a role; perhaps due Flavia?!
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This fifth book in the Brunetti series sees the return of two characters from the first book - soprano Flavia Petrelli and art expert Brett Lynch. One day, two men visit Flavia and Brett's apartment. While Flavia cooks - and sings - in the kitchen, the two men give Brett a vicious beating and a warning not to meet with the Director of a museum.
This novel sees Brunetti dealing with art theft, fakes and the 'Gentlemen of the South,' whose presence is a dark shadow within the series. Everything in ...more
This novel sees Brunetti dealing with art theft, fakes and the 'Gentlemen of the South,' whose presence is a dark shadow within the series. Everything in ...more
I enjoy this series more with every book. I learned in this outing that acqua alta is an annual event in Venice - I thought flooding was an occasional natural disaster, not a regular occurrence.
It adds a chilling backdrop to this mystery that opens brutally with a horrific beating of an American art expert at her own home. She survives, but who did it, and why? Commissario Guido Brunetti gets the case, and he already knows the art expert and her lover, an operatic diva from the first book of th ...more
It adds a chilling backdrop to this mystery that opens brutally with a horrific beating of an American art expert at her own home. She survives, but who did it, and why? Commissario Guido Brunetti gets the case, and he already knows the art expert and her lover, an operatic diva from the first book of th ...more
I did like this but do feel it was drawn out at times. I certainly learnt about the conditions of living in Venice. I had no knowledge of the yearly Acqua Alta, and now that explains why my son said that Venice stank.
Brunetti in this is found investigating a case where an American friend of his, has been badly beaten by two men who manage to get into her apartment under false pretensions. They tell her not to go to a meeting that has been arranged with a well known historian. This leads us into ...more
Brunetti in this is found investigating a case where an American friend of his, has been badly beaten by two men who manage to get into her apartment under false pretensions. They tell her not to go to a meeting that has been arranged with a well known historian. This leads us into ...more
Strong characters, good writing, a complex plot that's not impossible to follow - and the Venice setting is fascinating.
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