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A Sea Of Troubles: (Brunetti)

Donna Leon

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Published by Cornerstone Publishing

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EAN: 9781407098685
Published: 26 Feb 2011

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The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-knit community of the island, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders worthy of the Mafia. When the boss' 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 ...

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What the critics say

The arrival of a new Donna Leon book fills me with pleasurable anticipation. She tells a good story, including the best of all current police detectives, Commissario Brunetti, and locates it in a superbly described Venice. The plot is beautifully constructed. The climax is exciting and disturbing ... Brunetti is as irresistible as ever
- The Scotsman

Donna Leon goes from strength to strength ... This is her tenth novel but it's as fresh and entertaining as the first
- The Observer

Mesmerising
- Express on Sunday

A splendid series ... with a backdrop so vivid you can smell it
- Sunday Telegraph

Brunetti is hard to beat - Leon's tenth novel more than maintains the standard of its predecessors
- TLS

Crime writing of the highest order
- The Guardian

Confirms Donna Leon's claim to have taken literary possession of Venice
- Independent on Sunday

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About the Author

Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna’s books have been translated into 35 languages and have been published around the world.

Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.