Description
Product ID: | 9781447201656 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Commissario Brunetti |
Title: | Acqua Alta |
Subtitle: | Another Intriguing Murder Mystery in the Venetian Crime Series |
Authors: | Author: Donna Leon |
Page Count: | 400 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The fifth novel in the highly popular Commissario Brunetti crime series. <p><b>The Italian detective Commissario Brunetti takes on another intriguing, but personal case in Donna Leon's <i>Acqua Alta</i>, an atmospheric murder mystery filled with the sights and sounds of Venice.</b><br><br>Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that his friend and art historian, Brett Lynch, has suffered a savage beating.<br><br>The attack, in the beautiful palazzo home of Flavia Petrelli, reigning diva of La Scala, had come with a message: 'Don't keep that appointment with Dottor Semenzato.'<br><br>Then, with the storm clouds gathering fast over the city, a man's body is found . . .<br><br><b>The fifth novel in the Commissario Brunetti Venetian crime series, which also includes <i>The Anonymous Venetian</i> and <i>So Shall You Reap</i>.<br><br>'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop of the city so vivid you can almost smell it' – <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-01-05 |