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Une enquête du commissaire Brunetti. Après avoir quitté son petit ami durant des vacances ratées, Anna Maria Giusti rentre chez elle. Afin de récupérer son courrier, elle pénètre dans l''appartement

By Its Cover is the much anticipated twenty-third instalment in Donna Leon's bestselling crime series, where Commissario Brunetti is better than ever as he addresses questions of worth and value alongside his ever-faithful team of Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra. When several valuable antiquarian books go missing from a prestigious library in the heart of Venice, Commissario Brunetti is immediately called to the scene. The staff suspect an American researcher has stolen them, but for Brunetti something doesn't quite add up. Taking on the case, the Commissario begins to seek information about some of the library's regulars, such as the ex-priest Franchini, a passionate reader of ancient Christian literature, and Contessa Morosini-Albani, the library's chief donor, and comes to the conclusion that the thief could not have acted alone. However, when Franchini is found murdered in his home, the case takes a more sinister turn and soon Brunetti finds himself submerged in the dark secrets of the black market of antiquarian books. Alongside his ever-faithful team of Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra, he delves into the pages of Franchini's past and into the mind of a book thief in order to uncover the terrible truth.

Celebrated by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers, Donna Leon brings Venice to life in the twenty-second Brunetti novel of this bestselling series, where our detective must uncover the mystery. When making routine enquiries into a possible bribery case that could embarrass the mayor - a humiliation Vice-Questore Patta is very keen to avoid - Commissario Brunetti receives a call from his wife, Paola, who is evidently very upset. The middle-aged deaf mute with the mental age of a child who helped out at the Brunetti's dry cleaners has been found dead - an 'accidental' overdose of his mother's sleeping pills - and Paola is distraught by the news. To the neighbourhood he was just the 'boy' who helped out, but nobody knew much about him - not even his name. That a soul could have lived such a joyless life is too much for Paola to bear, and she asks Guido if he can find out what happened. It is a surprise to Brunetti just how little was known about this man-child - there are no official records to show he even existed. The man's mother is angry and contradictory when questioned about his death, and Brunetti senses that there much more to the story than she is willing to tell. With the help of Inspector Vianello and the ever-resourceful Signorina Elettra, perhaps Brunetti can get to the truth and find some measure of solace.

Twenty-one years ago, when a conductor was poisoned and the Questura sent a man to investigate, readers first met Commissario Guido Brunetti. Since 1992's Death at La Fenice, Donna Leon and her shrewd, sophisticated, and compassionate investigator have been delighting readers around the world. For her millions of fans, Leon's novels have opened a window into the private Venice of her citizens, a world of incomparable beauty, family intimacy, shocking crime, and insidious corruption. This internationally acclaimed, bestselling series is widely considered one of the best ever written, and William Heinemann is thrilled to be publishing the twenty-second instalment, The Golden Egg, in April 2013. When making routine enquiries into a possible bribery case that could embarrass the mayor - a humiliation Vice-Questore Patta is very keen to avoid - Commissario Brunetti receives a call from his wife, Paola, who is evidently very upset. The middle-aged deaf mute with the mental age of a child who helped out at the Brunetti's dry cleaners has been found dead - an 'accidental' overdose of his mother's sleeping pills - and Paola is distraught by the news. To the neighbourhood he was just the 'boy' who helped out, but nobody knew much about him - not even his name. That a soul could have lived such a joyless life is too much for Paola to bear, and she asks Guido if he can find out what happened. It is a surprise to Brunetti just how little was known about this man-child - there are no official records to show he even existed. The man's mother is angry and contradictory when questioned about his death, and Brunetti senses that there much more to the story than she is willing to tell. With the help of Inspector Vianello and the ever-resourceful Signorina Elettra, perhaps Brunetti can get to the truth and find some measure of solace.

Venise baigne dans la torpeur d'un été caniculaire et Brunetti s'ennuie. Sa seule mission : la filature d'une vieille dame escroquée par un pseudo-voyant. La bourrasque d'un scandale de corruption sans precedent reveille le commissariat assoupi de chaleur. Meurtre d'un greffier, trafic d'influence, Brunetti ne sait plus ou donner de la tete. Son horoscope lui predisait un ete calme pourtant.

Une enquête magistrale menée dans la Venise actuelle, mêlant brillamment musique et suspense, fiction et réalité. Caterina Pellegrini, musicologue italienne, se retrouve embarquée dans une sombre aff

Par un beau jour de printemps à Venise, le commissaire Brunetti et son adjoint Vianello font libérer Ribetti, un ami de Vianello qui s'est fait bêtement coffrer lors d'une manifestation écologiste contre la pollution des eaux de la lagune. À sa sortie de prison, Ribetti est violemment pris à partie par son beau-père, propriétaire d'une des verreries de l'île de Murano. Hors de lui, le vieil homme profère des menaces de mort à l'encontre de son gendre. Pourtant, le cadavre qu'on retrouve quelques jours plus tard est celui du gardien de l'usine. L'homme avait auprès de lui une copie de L'Enfer de Dante. II collectionnait les petits carnets sur lesquels il inscrivait des notes codées. Et il était obsédé par la pollution des eaux de la lagune qui, selon lui, avait causé le handicap mental de sa petite fille. Sa croisade l'aurait-elle amené à découvrir des secrets qu'aucun des grands verriers de Murano ne souhaitait voir exposés ? Si un homme est mort pour avoir dit la vérité, ne déploiera-t-on pas les mêmes forces pour faire taire Brunetti ?.

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.