A Sea of Troubles

Donna Leon lebt in Venedig, wo auch ihre Brunetti-Krimis angesiedelt sind. Dieses Mal gerät Polizeisekretärin Signorina Elettra in höchste Gefahr, als sie undercover auf einer kleinen Insel südlich des Lido ermittelt.

Kurzbeschreibung:

Another detective novel by bestselling crime writer Donna Leon. Commissario Brunetti must unravel a mystery in the Venetian lagoon and Signorina Elettra goes undercover amongst the clam fishermen.

Klappentext:

'Brunetti is hard to beat - Leon's tenth novel more than maintains the standard of its predecessors.' Times Literary Supplement

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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. When the boss' secretary Signorina Elettra volunteers to visit the island, where she has relatives, Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders, concerns for Elettra's safety, and his not entirely straightforward feelings for her ...

Rezension:

The arrival of a new Donna Leon book fills me with pleasurable anticipation. She tells a good story, including the best of all current police detectives, Commissario Brunetti, and locates it in a superbly described Venice. The plot is beautifully constructed. The climax is exciting and disturbing ... Brunetti is as irresistible as ever The Scotsman