Donna Leon is an American author who has written a series of crime novels. These novels take place in Venice and feature her hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. She has written another novel and a few non-fiction books, but I only attempt
to keep up with her crime novels.
Commissario Guido Burnetti is not the typical policeman of crime novels. He is this intelligent, good guy that tries to act as a pragmatic policeman in this city where corruption is everywhere. He is stably married to Paola, a university
lecturer, who comes from a rich traditional Venetian family. They have two children, Raffaele and Chiara. Brunetti is well-read and the novels are full of references to ancient Greek and Latin literature.
I love these books because of the descriptions of Venice, for all the references to Italian food and to Italian lifestyle.
Books read
1. Death at La Fenice (1992)
2. Death in a Strange Country (1993)
3. The Anonymous Venetian (1994) aka Dressed for Death
4. A Venetian Reckoning (1995) aka Death and Judgment
5. Acqua Alta (1996) aka Death in High Water
6. The Death of Faith (1997) aka Quietly in Their Sleep
7. A Noble Radiance (1997)
8. Fatal Remedies (1999)
9. Friends in High Places (2000)
10. A Sea of Troubles (2001)
11. Wilful Behaviour (2002)
12. Uniform Justice (2003)
13. Doctored Evidence (2004)
14. Blood from a Stone (2005)
15. Through a Glass, Darkly (2006)
16. Suffer the Little Children (2007)
17. The Girl of His Dreams (2008)
18. About Face (2009)
19. A Question of Belief (2010)
20. Drawing Conclusions (2011)
21. Beastly Things (2012)
22. The Golden Egg (2013)
23. By Its Cover (2014)
24. Falling in Love (2015)
25. The Waters of Eternal Youth (2016)
26. Earthly Remains (2017)
27. The Temptation of Forgiveness (2018)
28. Unto Us a Son Is Given (2019)
29. Trace Elements (2020)
30.
Transient Desires (2021)
31.
Give unto Others (2022)
32.
So Shall You Reap (2023)
Books to read
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