Crime and mystery fiction’s diversity attracts a broad readership. For instance, I prefer the soft stuff and am attracted to the puzzle rather than grizzly details, while many of my friends enjoy peeled skin and body parts. Knowing that, it seems immensely impertinent for me to try to compile a “best of” list on my…
Falling in Love by Donna Leon is the 24th mystery in the Commissario Guido Brunetti series set in Venice (available April 7, 2015). The mystery in Falling in Love, the 24th in Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti series, is centered on diva soprano Flavia Petrelli, last seen in 1996’s Acqua Alta, and before that in…
By Its Cover by Donna Leon is the 23rd Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery about the Venetian police chief, whose current investigation starts with stolen pages from old books and ends in murder (available April 1, 2014). Ah, I remember it well. Searching the dusty shelves of the library in the basement of the gothic building,…
The Golden Egg by Donna Leon is the 22nd Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery set in Venice (available March 26, 2013). My neighborhood’s long time crossing guard (whose name I don’t know) recently asked me if I knew what had happened to Helen, my neighbor of nine years; our houses are attached. I don’t know Helen’s…
Beastly Things by Donna Leon is a Commissario Guido Brunetti of Venice mystery (available April 3, 2012). In Beastly Things, Donna Leon’s detective Guido Brunetti, Commissario di Polizia of the city of Venice, manages to retain his romantic side despite the intrigues, deceptions, and lies of the government because he feels fortunate to live amidst…
