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Donna Leon (Author), David Sibley (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)

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On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant. Because no official record of the man's presence in Venice exists, Brunetti is forced to use the city's far richer sources of information: gossip and the memories of people who knew the victim. Curiously, he had been living in a garden house on the grounds of a palazzo owned by a university professor, in which Brunetti discovers books revealing the victim's interest in Buddhism, the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, and the last crop of Italian political terrorists, active in the 1980s.

As the investigation expands, Brunetti, Vianello, Commissario Griffoni, and Signorina Elettra each assemble pieces of a puzzle-random information about real estate and land use, books, university friendships-that appear to have little in common. Until Brunetti stumbles over something that transports him back to his own student days, causing him to reflect on lost ideals and the errors of youth, on Italian politics and history, and on the accidents that sometimes lead to revelation.

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8 hours and 19 minutes
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Donna Leon
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David Sibley
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9 Mar. 2023
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English
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Penguin Audio
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B0BJLCNDMJ
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Listening Length	8 hours and 19 minutes
Author	Donna Leon
Narrator	David Sibley
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.co.uk Release Date	09 March 2023
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0BJLCNDMJ
Best Sellers Rank	4,701 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 82 in International Mystery & Crime (Audible Books & Originals) 295 in Police Procedural Mysteries 329 in Crime Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals)

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The best Brunetti for a long time

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2023

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For some time it felt as if this series had run out of steam but I really enjoyed this one and read it in about 2 days, eager to know how it turned out. The story ultimately stretches back into Italy's past, notably a period of terrorism in the 80s. The plot is well set up with the dead body not appearing for several chapters as we follow Guido on his walks round Venice, re-meet his companions and beloved family and generally enjoy the ambiance.

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Malcolm R

An elegant and humane story - and a murder mystery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2023

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Opens with a rather sweet episode when Alvise comes out of the closet which everyone accepts bar the odious Scarpa. Ambles along with chats about being male, art theft and the satisfaction of being a policeman until a body is found in a canal, Brunetti is sidetracked by an old kidnapping, terrorists and the Bologna train station bombing in 1980 and Italian politics at the time. Seeds of a suspicion grow and a culprit for both offences is arrested. All very low key, the blood a violence are left to the reader’s imagination with a satisfactory ending reflecting the Italian judicial system and way of life in general. Donna Leon is one of the best though not everyone’s cup of tea.

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Janet Lloyd

Always a good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2023

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Love her books…brings Venice to life

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Maggie

wonderful story telling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2023

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As always a gentle unfolding of the plot with superb prose. I have read all this series of books which never disappoint.

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Jonathan and Sally Hood

Nice atmospherics, pity about the plot

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2023

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The thing about the Brunetti-Leon partnership is that it is always such a pleasure to spend time with him in her elegant brooding version of Venice. As always the associated characters are skilfully drawn with a sensitive fine line. However, this plot, while developed with care, has little mystery to it. I identified the killer, and understood his motive, from barely halfway through this rather short book. I do not criticise, Donna Leon is deservedly beyond criticism, I simply warn the prospective reader not to expect any surprises.

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A. W. Wilson

SO SHALL YE REAP HARDCOVER - LEON'S LATEST

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2023

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Please believe me when I write that I nearly didn't do this review. I take no pleasure at all in my criticism, but feel I have to be honest -But remember, it is just my opinion! Like millions of others I have read Leon's Brunetti novels from Book One, and being somewhat of a completist, I keep on buying them as she churns them out. "Churns" seems to me to be the best way to describe the last 10 or so. Each one seemed just that bit more tired and cliched, For me this must be the nadir of her work. Formulaic in extreme (nothing wrong with formulaic unless it is tired), slow paced - It takes until page 84 before the actual plot (such as it is) kicks in. Far too much repetetive decriptions of rooms, walks etc. Not enough family life, what there is becomes dull, and I never thought I would say that. If you can have "chemistry" on a written page, it isn't in evidence here. Yes, all the familiar much loved characters are here - Family (who never grow old!) Elettra, Griffoni, Vianella, but apart from the occasional flash of Leon skill they don't have much of a contribution. Having got all that off my chest...Two things - I did finish the book, even if I was frustrated with the way it was written, and I have to admit that if Leon does decide to continue, and I hope she calls this a day - then I know I will buy it, out of loyalty and because of the sheer delight I got from reading her early Brunetti's!!!

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Nadia in Northumberland

Brunetti, you should have "left the building" a while back ....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2023

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I am a fan of the thoughtful detective and I have faithfully read the whole series to date. It is true that the last 10 books or so have been a rehash of the first books in the series but with a couple of exceptions in the lot (eg "Transient Desires"), I thought that the author has decided to graciously retire him. How wrong I was and this last book is living proof.
The narrative does not even try to be coherent with one third of the book referring to a backstory with a gay policeman that it is badly written, and it seems to be included just to tick some boxes, and the rest of the book is with no redeeming features either .... Adding a long description of how slippery the canal banks are and how difficult it is to retrieve a dead body from the water, we are half way through the book. Then, for whatever reasons, the author has decided to bring in the mix Italy's "Years of Lead", a protracted period of political violence marked by a wave of both far-right and far-left incidents. Inexplicably, also because there is reference to the Bologna station bombing, for which a trial in 2022 with new recovered footage as evidence, convicted members of a neofascist group, there is no mention of far-right. The feckless, spoiled and arrogant leftists that turned capitalists and worse villains in their late years, were the only ones that again inexplicably influenced Brunetti's (and Vianello's!!) youth, who almost by chance were saved by becoming policemen.
The only way I can describe this whole endeavour is LAZY WRITING. Donna Leon has shown that she can describe very well the systemic corruption in Italy. So why this "soup" of a backstory that does not do justice to those in the country that have fought and fight the good cause, or to the characters of the series that she has built over the years? The story of Alvese is another example of a missed opportunity to pick up a story of someone gay in the police force and give it some meaning. And finally, the fact that none of the characters seem to be aging according to the timeline she is referring to, more and more seems to be disrespectful to the series fans. I mean, I would be intrigued to read how Brunetti's family evolves - whether his children choose to stay in Venice as adults, what effect the prospect of retirement has on him etc ...
As other reviewers mention, I keep adding the latest Brunetti in my reading list but now more and more I think that I will not betray the character if I don't.

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Dedalus

Another Donna Leon book for fans

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2023

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It was nice to get back to the kind world of Commissario Brunetti, but one gets the feeling that the author has lost something since she no longer lives in Venice

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