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Les amateurs d'opéra sont réunis à la Fenice de Venise où ce soir-là, Wellauer, le célébrissime chef d'orchestre allemand, dirige La Traviata. La sonnerie annonçant la fin de l'entracte retentit, les

Commissario Brunettis einundzwanzigster FallAus dem Englischen von Werner SchmitzEin toter Mann, der von niemandem vermisst wird, weder von den Venezianern noch von Touristen. Und ein teurer Lederschuh am Fu dieser Leiche. Brunetti muss all seine Menschenkenntnis aufbieten und sein ganzes Kombinationstalent, um diesen Fall zu losen, der ihn bis aufs Festland nach Mestre fuhrt.Als im Morgengrauen eine aufgedunsene Leiche im Kanal gefunden wird, ist ein eleganter Lederschuh die einzige Spur, die Brunetti hat. Und eine personliche Erinnerung: Obwohl die Augen des Toten geschlossen sind, glaubt Brunetti deren Farbe von irgendwoher zu kennen. Aber woher? Seinen Stiernacken verdankt der Tote einer seltenen Krankheit. Doch so erschreckend sein Aussehen, so sanft seine Seele, wie Vianello und Brunetti bei ihren Nachforschungen entdecken. Ein Fall, der bis in den Bauch von Venedig, nach Mestre, fuhrt. Familienleben, Spaziergange und Einkehren in Bars und Caffes Brunetti braucht dies mehr denn je in seinem neuesten Fall, der ihm regelrecht auf den Magen schlagt.

Automne ensoleillé à Venise. Brunetti ferait bien l’école buissonnière. Mais pas de répit pour le commissaire, une vieille dame est retrouvée morte à son domicile. Verdict du légiste : crise cardiaqu

In Death at La Fenice, Donna Leons first novel in the Commissario Brunetti series, readers were introduced to the glamorous and cut-throat world of opera and to one of Italys finest living sopranos, Flavia Petrelli _ then a suspect in the poisoning of a

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

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.

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

During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Commissario Guido Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to regret. In the aftermath, he begins to doubt his career choices and realises that he needs a break from the stifling problems of his work.Granted leave from the Questura, Brunetti is shipped off by his wife, Paola, to a villa owned by a wealthy relative on SantErasmo, one of the largest islands in the Venetian laguna. There he intends to pass his days rowing, and his nights reading Plinys Natural History.The recuperative stay goes according to plan and Brunetti is finally able to relax, until Davide Casati, the caretaker of the house, goes missing following a sudden storm. Nobody can find him not his daughter, not his friends, and not the woman hed been secretly visiting. Now, Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his holiday and discover what happened to the man who had recently become his friend.In Earthly Remains, Donna Leon shows Venice through an insiders eyes. From family meals and vaporetti rides to the never-ending influx of tourists and suffocating political corruption, the details and rhythms of everyday Venetian life are at the core of this thrilling novel, and of the terrible crime at its heart.

During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Commissario Guido Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to regret. In the aftermath, he begins to doubt his career choices and realises that he needs a break from the stifling problems of his work. Granted leave from the Questura, Brunetti is shipped off by his wife, Paola, to a villa owned by a wealthy relative on Sant'Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the Venetian laguna. There, he intends to pass his days rowing, and his nights reading Pliny's Natural History. The recuperative stay goes according to plan and Brunetti is finally able to relax, until Davide Casati, the caretaker of the house, goes missing following a sudden storm. Nobody can find him - not his daughter, not his friends, and not the woman he'd been secretly visiting. Now, Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his holiday and discover what happened to the man who had recently become his friend. In Earthly Remains, Donna Leon shows Venice through an insider's eyes. From family meals and vaporetti rides to the never-ending influx of tourists and suffocating political corruption, the details and rhythms of everyday Venetian life are at the core of this thrilling novel, and of the terrible crime at its heart.

In his many years as a Commissario, Guido Brunetti has seen all manner of crime and known intuitively how to navigate the various pathways in his native Venice to discover the person responsible. Now, in the thirtieth novel in Donna Leon's masterful series, he faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction. He is drawn in innocently enough: two young American women have been badly injured in a boating accident, joy riding in the Laguna with two young Italians. However, Brunetti's curiosity is aroused by the behaviour of the young men, who abandoned the victims after taking them to the hospital. If the injuries were the result of an accident, why did they want to avoid association with it?As Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, investigate the incident, they discover that one of the young men works for a man rumoured to be involved in more sinister night-time activities in the Laguna. To get to the bottom of what proves to be a gut-wrenching case, Brunetti needs to enlist the help of both the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Costiera. Determining how much trust he and Griffoni can put in these unfamiliar colleagues adds to the difficulty of solving a peculiarly horrible crime whose perpetrators are technologically brilliant and ruthlessly organised.Donna Leon's thirtieth Brunetti novel is as powerful as any she has written, testing Brunetti to his limits, forcing him to listen very carefully for the truth.

Le commissaire Brunetti n''aime pas mêler travail et famille, alors quand son beau-père le comte Falier lui demande une faveur, il est bien tracassé. Un de ses meilleurs amis, Gonzalo Rodriguez de

At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He believes the mans death is connected to the illegal transportation of refuse - and more sinister material - in his companys trucks.

The thoughtful and charming [Brunetti] is on top form . . . His nicely balanced world . . . is cumulatively engrossing. In this domestic detail, Leon roots the power of the ordinary, moral individual. Sunday TimesWinner of the Spoken Word Awards Silver Award__________________________________On a cold night shortly before Christmas, an immigrant street vendor is killed in Venices Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the mans wares before his death - fake handbags of every designer label - but they have seen nothing that might be of much help to the police.When Commissario Brunetti arrives on the scene, he finds it hard to understand why anyone would murder an illegal immigrant. They have few social connections and little money in-fighting among them is the obvious answer. But once Brunetti begins investigating this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake in the immigrant community...

The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-knit community of the island, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders worthy of the Mafia.