Leon's best so far ... I don't think I could really understand a crime fan who didn't love Donna Leon

Scotland on Sunday

Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. <b>The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment</b>

Sunday Times

All Donna Leon's novels are excellent in their evocation of place, while in Brunetti she has created a character who becomes more real in each book ... However, <b><i>Friends in High Places</i> is by far the best</b>, and marks a quantum leap forward

Evening Standard

Se alle

Leon is a skilful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. <i>Friends in High Places</i> is <b>a splendid read, clever and provoking</b>

The Observer

<i>Friends in High Places</i> [is an] elegant police procedural set in beautifully imagined Venice

Sunday Times

'Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment' Sunday TimesWinner of the Crime Writers Association Macallan Silver Dagger Award for FictionCommissario Guido Brunetti gets into trouble when Franco Rossi, a young bureaucrat, pays him a visit. Rossi is there to determine whether Brunetti's apartment was built with official approval, and when Brunetti is unable to provide any documentation, he faces the prospect of both fines and the dismantling of his home. But when Rossi rings Brunetti at work, clearly scared, and is then found dead, Brunetti is drawn into an investigation that unveils a world of corruption, drug dealing and moneylenders.'All Donna Leon's novels are excellent in their evocation of place, while in Brunetti she has created a character who becomes more real in each book' Evening Standard
Les mer
When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the building of his apartment years earlier, his first reaction, like any other Venetian, is to think of whom he knows who might bring pressure to bear on the relevant government department.
Les mer
Leon's best so far ... I don't think I could really understand a crime fan who didn't love Donna Leon
Detective novel writer Donna Leon's ninth book in the bestselling Commissario Brunetti crime series sees her Venetian hero drawn into an underworld of drugs and loan sharking.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099536581
Publisert
2009-02-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Arrow Books Ltd
Vekt
237 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336

Forfatter

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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 Antonia Fraser, the Brunetti Mysteries have won numerous awards around the world and been translated into thirty-five languages.