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Mystery.
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HTML: "By far the best" in the New York Timesâ??bestselling, Macallan Silver Daggerâ??winning series featuring Venetian detective Commissario Brunetti (Evening Standard). In this vivid and atmospheric mystery, Commissario Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the construction of Brunetti's apartment years before. What began as a red tape headache ends in murder when the bureaucrat is later found dead after a mysterious fall from a scaffold. Brunetti starts an investigation that will take him into the unfamiliar and dangerous areas of drug abuse and loan-sharking, and will reveal, once again, what a difference it makes in Venice to have friends in high places.
"Beautifully written and immaculately plotted, Friends in High Places is further proof still that Leon can do no wrong." â??Scotsman
"Carefully plotted and full of colorful as well as sinister characters, this is crime writing of the highest order: powerful, relevant and all too full of human failings." â??The Guardian
"Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment." â??The Sunday Times (London)
"Leon's best so far . . . I don't think I could really understand a crime fan who didn't love Donna Leon." â??Scotland on Sunday
"Leon is a skillful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. Friends in High Places is a splendid read, clever and provoking." â??… (mer) |
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Sconsigliato t'inoltri?
In queste mura
Sai, che non è sicura
La tua vita
Where are you going so rashly?
You know that within these walls
Your life is not safe.
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Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. When the doorbell rang, Brunetti lay supine on the sofa in his living room, a book propped open on his stomach. | |
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Sconsigliato t'inoltri?
In queste mura
Sai, che non è sicura
La tua vita
Waar ga je zo snel naartoe?
Je weet dat je je leven
Binnen deze muren niet zeker bent.
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Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. Though his boat lay in the shallow waters, its scorched masts just breaking the surface, Giulio Bottin was not there, nor was his son Marco, eighteen years old and already part owner of the 'Squallus,' which lay burnt and dead at the bottom of the harbour of Pellestrina on this suddenly chill springtime morning. (Klicka för att visa. Varning: Kan innehålla spoilers.) | |
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Information från den nederländska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk. De Amerikaanse Donna Leon (New Jersey, 1942) werkte als reisleidster in Rome en als copywriter in Londen. Ze doceerde literatuurwetenschap aan universiteiten in Iran, China en Saoedi-Arabië. Na vele jaren in Italië te hebben gewoond, heeft ze zich nu in Zwitserland gevestigd, van waaruit ze nog regelmatig Venetië bezoekt. Haar boeken werden wereldberoemd door het charismatische personage van commissario Brunetti. | |
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Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML:"By far the best" in the New York Timesâ??bestselling, Macallan Silver Daggerâ??winning series featuring Venetian detective Commissario Brunetti (Evening Standard).
In this vivid and atmospheric mystery, Commissario Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the construction of Brunetti's apartment years before. What began as a red tape headache ends in murder when the bureaucrat is later found dead after a mysterious fall from a scaffold. Brunetti starts an investigation that will take him into the unfamiliar and dangerous areas of drug abuse and loan-sharking, and will reveal, once again, what a difference it makes in Venice to have friends in high places.
"Beautifully written and immaculately plotted, Friends in High Places is further proof still that Leon can do no wrong." â??Scotsman
"Carefully plotted and full of colorful as well as sinister characters, this is crime writing of the highest order: powerful, relevant and all too full of human failings." â??The Guardian
"Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment." â??The Sunday Times (London)
"Leon's best so far . . . I don't think I could really understand a crime fan who didn't love Donna Leon." â??Scotland on Sunday
"Leon is a skillful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. Friends in High Places is a splendid read, clever and provoking." â?? ▾Beskrivningar frÃ¥n bibliotek Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. ▾Beskrivningar frÃ¥n medlemmar pÃ¥ LibraryThing |
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This time, he has a moral dilemma himself. Does he really have title to his apartment? And if not, should he pull the strings to regularise his position? While he's mulling things over, the official who gave him the news that his flat might not in fact 'exist', dies in an accident. Or is it murder? Brunetti elects to find out, and discovers more than he bargained for. No spoiler alerts here. Simply this. If you like Italy, if you like Venice, if you enjoy a good and involved thriller with believable characters, read this one. (