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Donna Leon
A Sea of Troubles
Band 10
Commissario Brunetti
Commissario Brunetti's 10th Case
Band 10
Commissario Brunetti
Published by Diogenes as Das Gesetz der Lagune
Original Title: A Sea of Troubles

The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the island's close-knit community, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders worthy of the Mafia. When the Questore's secretary Signorina Elettra volunteers to visit the island, where she has relatives, Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders, concerns for Elettra's safety, and his not entirely straightforward feelings for her…

Crime Fiction, Contemporary Literature
336 pages
2002

978-3-257-06313-4
Donna
Leon

Donna Leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has worked as a travel guide in Rome and as a copywriter in London. She taught literature in universities in Iran, China, and Saudi Arabia. The Brunetti novels brought her to world-wide fame. Donna Leon lived in Italy for many years, and although she now lives in Switzerland, she often visits Venice.

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© Regine Mosimann / Diogenes Verlag

Pressezitate

Scotsman, Edinburgh
»Brunetti is as irrestistible as ever.«
Sunday Telegraph, London
»The atmosphere of the city and the island are portrayed with Ms Leon's usual skill.«
Spectator, London
»One of Donna Leon's best novels ... the alliances, friendships and in this case love interest give the book a warm glow.«
Observer, London
»Donna Leon goes from strength to strength…This is her tenth Brunetti novel but it's as fresh and entertaining as the first…«
Times Literary Supplement, London
»Brunetti is hard to beat…«

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