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When a body is found floating in a canal, strangely disfigured and with multiple stab wounds, Commissario Brunetti is called to investigate and is convinced he recognises the man from somewhere.

Commissario Brunetti returns, for his 22nd outing! This time Donna Leon's hero is trying to track down the history of a mentally-challenged man who has been found dead. What does his untimely demise have to do with the Mayor of Leon's beautifully-drawn Venice, and how can this man's sad, lonely existence tell Brunetti about a much bigger mystery? Leon has done it again, with the passionate characters, the evocative locations and the enigmatic puzzles we have come to expect from one of our best Crime Writers.

When Commissario Brunetti is summoned to the hospital bedside of a senior paediatrician whose skull has been brutally fractured, he is confronted with more questions than answers. Three men burst into the doctor's apartment in the middle of the night, attacked him and took his 18-month-old son - but why? As he investigates, Brunetti finds infertility, desperation, and babies for sale. Meanwhile, Inspector Vianello uncovers a scam between pharmacists and doctors in the city. And certain information about one's neighbours can lead to all kinds of corruption and all sorts of pain… Donna Leon's new novel is as subtle and gripping as ever, set in a beautifully realised Venice, seething with small-town malice.

El comisario Guido Brunetti investiga una agencia de viajes que, en realidad, transporta muchachas de la convulsa ex Yugoslavia hasta los burdeles de Venecia y los platós clandestinos en donde se filman las más escabrosas escenas de su violación y asesinato.

On a rainy morning, not long after the funeral of his mother, Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello respond to a 911 call reporting a body floating near the steps in one of Venice''s side canals. Reaching down to pull it out, Brunetti''s wrist is caught by the silkiness of golden hair, and he sees a small foot - together he and Vianello lift a dead girl from the water. But, inconceivably, no one has reported a missing child, nor the theft of the gold jewellery that she carries.So Brunetti is drawn into a search not only for the cause of her death but also for her identity, her family, and for the secrets that people will keep in order to protect their children - be they innocent or guilty. The investigation takes Brunetti from the canals and palazzos of Venice to a Gypsy encampment on the mainland, through quicksands of connections and relationships both known and concealed, as he struggles with both institutional prejudice and entrenched criminality to try to unravel the fate of the dead child.

With the dramatic force of Tosca, Donna Leon''s twenty-fourth novel in the bestselling Brunetti crime series quivers with the passion of opera and with the power of obsession.In Death At La Fenice, Donna Leon''s first novel in the Commissario Brunetti series, readers were introduced to the glamorous and cut-throat world of opera and to one of Italy''s finest living sopranos, Flavia Petrelli then a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned German conductor. Now, many years after Brunetti cleared her name, Flavia has returned to the illustrious La Fenice to sing the lead in Tosca.As an opera superstar, Flavia is well acquainted with attention from adoring fans and aspiring singers. But when one anonymous admirer inundates her with bouquets of yellow roses on stage, in her dressing room and even inside her locked apartment it becomes clear that this fan has become a potentially dangerous stalker. Distraught, Flavia turns to an old friend for help. Familiar with Flavia''s melodramatic temperament, Commissario Brunetti is at first unperturbed by her story, but when another young opera singer is attacked he begins to think Flavia''s fears may be justified. In order to keep his friend out of danger, Brunetti must enter the psyche of an obsessive fan and find the culprit before anyone comes to harm.

Des ossements humains. Peut-on imaginer plus insolite découverte dans un paisible village de la campagne vénitienne ? De ce puzzle macabre, on reconstitue un corps ; tout porte à croire qu'il s'agit

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

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.

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

Paola, l’épouse du commissaire Brunetti, vient d’arrêtée ! Elle a démoli la vitrine d’une agence de voyages. Pourquoi cette folie ? Paola suspecte l’enseigne de promouvoir le tourisme sexuel. L’affa

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.

Trabesti bat aurpegia desitxuratuta hilda agertu da. Soluzionatu gabeko krimenen zerrendarako bat gehiago ote? Hala dirudi. Baina Brunettik, ezagun zaion irudikortasun paregabearekin, berehala jakingo du gorpua Leonardo Mascari, Verona Bankuko zuzendari eta Veneziako hiritar ohoretsuarena dela. Bizitza bikoitz baten kasua izan daitekeela ere pasako zaio burutik, baina ez omen. Aitzitik, ikerketak Finantzen, Gobernuaren eta Elizaren goi-mailako hainbat agintarirengana zuzenduko du detektibea. Ustelkeria eta eskandalurik ez da faltako.

A Venise, le commissaire Brunetti et son adjoint Vianello doivent faire libérer Ribetti, l'ami de Vianello, écologiste non violent. Ce dernier, obsédé par la pollution des eaux de la lagune était sur le point de découvrir des secrets bien gardés. A la sortie du commissariat, il est insulté par son beau-père, propriétaire d'une usine de verre polluante dont le gardien de nuit est retrouvé mort.

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.