Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than
來源:香港大書城megBookStore,http://www.megbook.com.hk a decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever Commissario
Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover the
threads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity
while maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption,
and intrigue. In "A Noble Radiance" a new landowner is summoned
urgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentally
unearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, but
a ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens an
infamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice''s most
aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel the
clues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice and
that of a family grieving for their abducted son.
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Donna Leon has lived in Venice for many years and previously
lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she
worked as a teacher. Her previous novels featuring Commissario
Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High
Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction,
Through a Glass, Darkly, Suffer the Little Children, and most
recently, The Girl of His Dreams..