Fatal Remedies

Informationen zum Autor Donna Leon is author of the much-loved, best-selling series of novels featuring Commissario Brunetti and one of The Times ' 50 Greatest Crime Writers. Widely considered one of the best detective series ever, with admirers including Ursula K. Le Guin and Val McDermid, the Brunetti Mysteries have won numerous awards around the world and been translated into thirty-five languages. Klappentext 'Leon is a skilful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human' The Observer A sudden act of vandalism has been committed in the chill Venetian dawn and Commissario Guido Brunetti soon finds out that the perpetrator is no petty criminal. For the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene of the crime is none other than Paola Brunetti, his wife. As Paola's actions provoke a crisis in the Brunetti household, Brunetti himself is under increasing pressure at work: a daring robbery with Mafia connections is linked to a suspicious death and his superiors want quick results. As his professional and personal lives clash, Brunetti's own career is threatened and the conspiracy which Paola has risked everything to expose draws him inexorably to the brink . . . 'Donna Leon has established Commissario Guido Brunetti as one of the most engaging of fictional detectives' Sunday Times Zusammenfassung For the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene of the crime is none other than Paola Brunetti, his wife. As Paola's actions provoke a crisis in the Brunetti household, Brunetti himself is under increasing pressure at work: a daring robbery with Mafia connections is linked to a suspicious death and his superiors need quick results.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donna Leon, LEON DONNA
• Editore: Arrow
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.08.2009
• EAN: 9780099536642
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953664-2
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Commissario Brunetti; Brunetti; Commissario Brunetti; Brunetti; A Commissario Brunetti Mystery; Commissario Brunetti / A Commissario Brunetti Mystery
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli > Polizieschi, thriller, spionaggio; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, Venice, Narrative theme: Social issues, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)