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At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law Comissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a Venetian businessman. He''s charmed suggests his wife Paola - by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggiore Filipo Guarino from the nearby district of Marghera. Donna Leon estara en el Reino Unido para publicacion.

El renombrado director de orquesta Helmut Wellauer aparece muerto, envenenado con cianuro potásico, durante una representación de La Traviata en el celebre teatro veneciano de La Fenice. Hasta el comisario Guido Brunetti, acostumbrado a la laberintica criminalidad de Venecia, se asombra de la cantidad de enemigos que el musico ha dejado en su camino a la cumbre. Pero ¿cuantos tenian motivos suficientes para matarlo? Conocido y querido ya por miles de lectores, el comisario Brunetti resuelve en esta sugerente novela policiaca su primer caso. Muerte en La Fenice fue galardonada en Japon con el Premio Suntory a la mejor novela de intriga y convirtio en poco tiempo a Donna Leon en el gran boom de la novela policiaca en Europa. Un excelente comienzo.

As Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti prepares to escape the city and spend time with his family in the mountains. For Ispettore Vianello, however, the weather is the last thing on his mind; it appears his aunt has become obsessed with horoscopes and has been withdrawing large amounts of money from the family business.

Schwächeanfall in der Questura. Brunetti landet im Ospedale Civile. Das Räderwerk des Alltags hat ihn zermürbt. Nachdem man ihn krankgeschrieben hat, will der Commissario in der Villa einer Verwandten von Paola zur Ruhe kommen. Wie wunderbar, einmal nicht Verbrechern hinterherzujagen, sondern in ländlicher Idylle seine Gedanken mit den Wolken ziehen zu lassen. Brunetti soll sich in der Lagune erholen. Doch zwischen Bienen und Blumen kommt er einem größeren Fall als je zuvor auf die Spur.

La 25e enquête du commissaire Brunetti et son premier cold case ! Au coeur de la nuit vénitienne, une adolescente tombe du haut du pont San Boldo dans un des canaux de la ville. Incapable de nager, e

Fin d'entracte a La Fenice. Les minutes passent, le silence devient pesant. Le directeur du théâtre a du mal a maîtriser sa voix : « Y a-t-il un médecin dans la salle ? » Le maestro a été assassiné en pleine représentation. Aussitôt dépêché sur les lieux, le commissaire Brunetti conclut rapidement a un empoisonnement au cyanure. Dans les coulisses de l'opéra, il découvre l'envers du décor.

When important information is leaked from inside the Venetian Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is entrusted with the task of uncovering which of his colleagues is responsible. But before Brunetti can begin his investigation, he is surprised by the appearance in his office of a friend of his wifes, who is fearful that her son is using drugs. A few weeks later, Tullio Gasparini, the womans husband, is found unconscious with a serious head injury at the foot of a bridge, and Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boys behaviour. But the truth is not straightforward.

Par compassion pour une amie de sa belle-mère, le commissaire Brunetti enquête sur l''accident, une chute du pont San Boldo, à Venise, qui, quinze ans auparavant, a rendu sa petite-fille handicapée à

When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the building of his apartment years earlier, his first reaction, like any other Venetian, is to think of whom he knows who might bring pressure to bear on the relevant government department.

When a wealthy Venetian woman is found brutally murdered, the prime suspect is her Romanian maid, who has fled the city.

For the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene of the crime is none other than Paola Brunetti, his wife. As Paolas actions provoke a crisis in the Brunetti household, Brunetti himself is under increasing pressure at work: a daring robbery with Mafia connections is linked to a suspicious death and his superiors need quick results.

Brunetti est de retour pour un plongeon fascinant dans l’univers mystérieux des livres anciens. Alors que, en ce maussade lundi de printemps, le commissaire Guido Brunetti pensait n’avoir rien d’aut

Aus dem Amerikanischen von Werner Schmitz.Brunettis Bravourstuck. Der Commissario ermittelt in den Tiefen der Erinnerung: Contessa Lando-Continui mochte ihren Frieden finden, doch der tragische Sturz ihrer Enkelin in den Canale di San Boldo lasst ihr keine Ruhe. Was, wenn es kein Unfall war? Brunetti nutzt seine Connections, seine Einfuhlung und seine Erfahrung. Der Jubilaumsfall.Contessa Lando-Continui, eine Freundin von Brunettis Schwiegereltern, mochte ihren Frieden finden. Doch jene Nacht lasst sie nicht los, als ihre Enkelin in den Canale di San Boldo sturzte. In ewiger Jugend ist Manuela seitdem gefangen. Und wenn es mehr als ein Unfall war? Die Contessa fragt den Commissario um Rat. Ein besonders schwieriger Fall, da es kaum mehr Spuren gibt auer in der Psyche des Opfers. Gut, dass Brunetti nicht nur Signorina Elettra treu zur Seite steht. Auch Kommissarin Griffonis private Vergangenheit erweist sich als sehr hilfreich fur die Polizeiarbeit. Brunetti aber bringt all seine Erfahrung und Lebensweisheit ins Spiel, um zu klaren, was geschehen ist.

Qui est cet inconnu dont le cadavre a été retrouvé dans le Grand Canal de Venise ? Bien que défiguré, l’homme semble familier à Brunetti. Ses recherches le mènent jusqu’à un abattoir du continent où

Tandis que les feuilles d'automne commencent a tomber, le vice questeur Patta demande a Brunetti d'enqueter sur une petite infraction commise par la future bru du maire. Le commissaire Brunetti n'a guere envie d'aider son patron a recolter les faveurs politiques, mais il est bien oblige de s'incliner. Puis c'est au tour de sa femme, Paola, de lui presenter une requete. L'handicape mental employe par leur pressing vient de mourir d'une overdose de somniferes, et Paola ne peut pas supporter l'idee que dans la vie comme dans la mort, personne ne l'ait remarque ni aide. Brunetti se met au travail mais, a sa grande surprise, il ne decouvre rien sur cet homme : pas d'acte de naissance, pas de passeport, pas de permis de conduire, pas de carte de credit. Pour l'administration italienne, il n'a jamais existe. Plus etrange encore, sa mere refuse de parler a la police et assure au commissaire que les papiers d'identite de son fils ont ete voles lors d'un cambriolage. Au fil des revelations, Brunetti commence a soupçonner les Lembo, des aristocrates, d'etre meles a cette mort mysterieuse. Mais qui a bien pu vouloir tuer ce malheureux simple d'esprit ?

In The Waters of Eternal Youth, the twenty-fifth instalment in the bestselling Brunetti series, our Commissario finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a case at all.Brunetti is investigating a cold case by request of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui, a friend of Brunettis mother-in-law. Fifteen years ago the Contessas teenage granddaughter, Manuela, was found drowning in a canal. She was rescued from the canal at the last moment but in many ways it was too late; she suffered severe brain damage and life was never the same again. Once a passionate horse rider, Manuela, now aged 30, cannot remember the accident, or her beloved horse, and lives trapped in an eternal youth.The Contessa, unconvinced that this was an accident, implores Brunetti to find the culprit she believes was responsible for ruining Manuela''s life. Out of a mixture of curiosity, pity, and a willingness to fulfil the wishes of a loving grandmother, Brunetti reopens the case, much to the annoyance of his employer. But once he starts to investigate, Brunetti finds a murky past and a dark story at its heart.The Waters of Eternal Youth is awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, and the haunting story of a woman trapped in a damaged perpetual childhood.

In The Waters of Eternal Youth, the twenty-fifth instalment in the bestselling Brunetti series, our Commissario finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a crime at all. Brunetti is investigating a cold case by request of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui, a friend of Brunetti's mother-in-law. Fifteen years ago the Contessa's teenage granddaughter, Manuela, was found drowning in a canal. She was rescued from the canal at the last moment, but in many ways it was too late; she suffered severe brain damage and her life was never the same again. Once a passionate horse rider, Manuela, now aged thirty, cannot remember the accident, or her beloved horse, and lives trapped in an eternal youth. The Contessa, unconvinced that this was an accident, implores Brunetti to find the culprit she believes was responsible for ruining Manuela's life. Out of a mixture of curiosity, pity and a willingness to fulfil the wishes of a loving grandmother, Brunetti reopens the case. But once he starts to investigate, Brunetti finds a murky past and a dark story at its heart. The Waters of Eternal Youth is awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, all circling the haunting story of a woman trapped in a perpetual childhood.

Narrativa en ingles

When Commissario Brunetti receives a visit from one of his wifes students with a strange and vague interest in investigating the possibility of a pardon for a crime committed by her grandfather many years ago, he thinks little of it, despite being intrigued by the girls intelligence and moral conscience.

- Novela negra - Caso número 25 para Brunetti