Library home. Books by Donna Leon

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ACQUA ALTA

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4589 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Cave, Peter
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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The serious attack on the lover of Italian opera singer & the discovery of a body in Venice leads to a more terrible confrontation.

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DEATH AT LA FENICE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6949 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
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\pause{1500}Reader: Morant, Richard
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates the death of a world-renowned conductor after he is murdered during the interval at a performance of La Traviata. The list of suspects is large and Brunettiãs task is to whittle it down to one.

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DEATH OF FAITH, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5045 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Knight-Webb, Patricia
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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The Commissario's visitor is a nun who has left her convent after the deaths of five patients. By asking him to investigate, is her life in danger?

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DOCTORED EVIDENCE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6535 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Hardiman, Terrence
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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An old woman is brutally murdered and her Romanian maid is the prime suspect. The maid is killed whilst running away and a large sum of money is found on her body - case closed. But after hearing other evidence Brunetti decides to investigate further - unofficially!

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FATAL REMEDIES

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5423 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Laughton, Cecilia
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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When Commissario Brunetti is called to a crime scene, he doesn't expect the culprit to be his wife. She has deliberately thrown a rock through a travel agent's window, but why?

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FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5786 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Burt, Andrew
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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Commissario Brunetti is plunged into a world of corruption and intrigue when he investigates the death of a young bureaucrat in the Venetian planning department.

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NOBLE RADIANCE, A

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6172 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Laughton, Cecilia
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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An unrecogniseable body is unearthed in the grounds of a deserted farmhouse in the Dolomites. A valuable signet ring found nearby leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to the heart of aristocratic Venice and a family still grieving for their missing son.

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SEA OF TROUBLES, A

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6600 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Hardiman, Terrence
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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Commissario Brunetti is asked to investigate the murder of two clam fisherman on Pellestrina in the Venetian lagoon. Unable to penetrate the close-knit community, Signorina Elettra volunteers to visit relatives on the island. Brunetti is torn between the need to solve the murders and concern for Elettra's safety.

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UNIFORM JUSTICE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6259 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Hardiman, Terrence
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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A young army cadet is found hanged, a presumed suicide, but Commissario is less sure. As he delves deeper he is faced by a wall of silence. Is this the natural reluctance of Italians to speak to authority or is it a conspiracy?

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WILFUL BEHAVIOUR

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6054 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Sanctuary, Gerald
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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Brunetti is intrigued when a young student visits to ask about the possibility of a pardon for her grandfather, for a crime committed long ago. When she is found murdered he finds himself confronting secrets hidden since World War 2.

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