Donna Leon
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 193 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"The internationally bestselling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries tells her own adventurous life story as she enters her eighties. In a series of vignettes full of affection, irony, and good humor, Donna Leon narrates a remarkable life she feels hasrather more happened to her than been planned. From a childhood in the company of her New Jersey family, with frequent visits to her grandfather's farm and its beloved animals, and summers spent selling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Seix Barral
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Description
El caso número 30 del comisario Brunetti. La tragedia de los inmigrantes es la fortuna de los mafiosos. -- «Donna Leon es un clásico de la literatura policiaca» Lluís Fernández, La Razón -- Se trata de Marcelo Vio y Filiberto Duso, dos amigos desde la infancia, muy diferentes entre sí: Duso trabaja como abogado para la firma de su padre, mientras Vio dejó de estudiar de niño y se gana la vida trabajando para su tío, que tiene un negocio...
23) Trace elements
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. "They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him, Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni...
24) Uniform justice
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
8 CDs (8 hrs., 8 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
25) Noble radiance
Author
Series
Guido Brunetti mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
"The marvel of this book is that almost every detail on every page forms part of a succession of clues, planted with exquisite precision, to unraveling the mystery of Roberto's death." In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, the gardens of a deserted farmhouse have lain untouched for decades. But the new owner, keen for renovations to begin, is summoned urgently to the house when his workmen disturb a macabre grave.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
5 CDs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a mystery that offers an unexpected take on life in contemporary Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti plunges into the Venetian underworld of illegal African immigrants as he investigates after a street vendor is killed in a scuffle.
Publisher
ARD Degeto
Pub. Date
2011, c2000
Description
Vendetta: A high profile attorney and a prominent tax adviser are murdered within days of each other, and Brunetti's investigation leads to Senora Ceroni, and a human-trafficking syndicate within the cream of Venetian society.
The anonymous Venetian: The investigation of a murdered bank executive, whose body is found clad in women's attire, leads Brunetti to the subculture of transvestites and male prostitutes, among whom are many characters that...
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 178 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Description
Fatal remedies : In nighttime Venice, a woman shatters the window of a travel agency. When the police arrive, she puts up no resistance. The woman is Paola Brunetti, Inspector Brunetti's wife. She is convinced that the agency caters to paedophiles seeking sex in poor Asian and African countries.
A noble radiance : Brunetti's search for justice puts him against a powerful Venetian family. The man whose skeleton is found in a field outside of Venice...
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011, p2003
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 175 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Death at La Fenice : After a famous conductor dies from cyanide poisoning during the intermission of his concert, Brunetti probes into the maestro's past, and uncovers a shocking picture of immorality and ruthlessness, as well as a legion of bitter enemies, some of whom have held a grudge for many decades. Based on Donna Leon's first Comissarrion Brunetti novel which introduced Guido Brunetti to crime fiction fans worldwide.--Container.
Friends in...
Publisher
Bavaria Media
Pub. Date
[2011, p2006, 2004]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 179 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Death In a strange country. The body of a young man found floating in a Venetian canal has been stripped of all valuables, except for a very visible packet of cocaine. When the man is identified as a health inspector at the U.S. military base in nearby Vicenza, Brunetti's boss Patta gets worried about political reverberations and is eager to dismiss the case as a drug-related murder.--Container
A sea of troubles. When the murder of two fishermen...
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011, p2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 181 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Doctored evidence. Signora Battestini is dead and to everyone who knew her, it wasn't a moment too soon. Her impoverished Romanian cleaning lady gets pegged for the crime and Brunetti's boss declares the case closed. What continues to mystify Brunetti is why the old woman had so much money with no visible means of income. And what exactly has her lawyer done with her many scattered bank accounts?--Container
Uniform justice. Brunetti is deeply affected...