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  • Handel's Bestiary

    In Search of Animals in Handel's Operas

    When acclaimed novelist Donna Leon is not conjuring up tales of crime and corruption in Venice, or reveling in delicious cuisine, she is listening to music. For Leon, patron of conductor Alan Curtis and his celebrated orchestra Il Complesso Barocco, that usually means the work of her favorite composer, George Frideric Handel.Over the years, Leon has noticed that the great musician filled his ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

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  • Brunetti's Cookbook

    "Fans of Donna Leon's mysteries set in Venice and starring her cosmopolitan detective, Commissario Guido Brunetti, will be delighted to have this cookbook" ( Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).Aside from their puzzling mysteries, Donna Leon's novels featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti have long been celebrated for their mouth-watering descriptions of food: multicourse lunches at home with Paola and the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brunetti's Venice

    Walks with the City's Best-Loved Detective

    by Toni Sepeda ...
    An armchair traveler's companion to Donna Leon's Brunetti mysteries: "a splendid present for mystery-fiction fans [or] travel-lit buffs" (Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal).Follow Commissario Guido Brunetti, star of Donna Leon's international bestselling mystery series, on over a dozen walks that highlight Venice's churches, markets, bars, cafes, and palazzos.In Brunetti's Venice, tourists and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quietly in Their Sleep

    A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

    by Donna Leon ...
    A nun has left her convent after a series of suspicious deaths: "Leon's novels are always a pleasure." —The Washington PostIn Venice, Italy, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young Catholic sister, who has left her convent after five of her nursing home patients died unexpectedly. In the course of his inquiries, Brunetti encounters an unusual cast of characters, but discovers ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Dressed for Death

    A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

    by Donna Leon ...
    Series Book 3 - The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries
    The New York Times–bestselling series and its Italian detective explore the seedy underworld of Venice: "Procedural writing at its best" (The Washington Post).Commissario Guido Brunetti's hopes for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera—a body so badly beaten the face is completely unrecognizable. Brunetti searches Venice ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Acqua Alta

    A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

    by Donna Leon ...
    As Venice braces for a winter tempest, Commissario Guido Brunetti, Donna Leon's intrepid Italian sleuth, finds out that an old friend has been savagely beaten at the palazzo home of reigning diva Flavia Petrelli. Then, as the flood waters rise, a corpse is discovered-and Brunetti must wade through the chaotic city to solve his deadliest case yet. Sinister and exotic, Acqua Alta is another chilling ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Death in a Strange Country

    A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

    by Donna Leon ...
    Series Book 2 - The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries
    The New York Times–bestselling series continues with the murder of an American soldier in Venice: "This is definitely an author to watch (Kirkus Reviews).Early one morning, Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • The Jewels of Paradise

    by Donna Leon ...
    The New York Times–bestselling author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series takes readers beyond the Venice police force in her first standalone novel.Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, she's had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • Death and Judgment

    A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

    by Donna Leon ...
    Series Book 4 - The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries
    Venice's Commissario Brunetti takes on his "most difficult and politically sensitive case to date" in the gripping New York Times–bestselling series (Booklist).In Death and Judgment, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains. Meanwhile, in Santa Lucia, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard an intercity train. Suspecting a ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Willful Behavior

    A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

    by Donna Leon ...
    Series Book 11 - The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries
    In this "powerful" novel in the New York Times–bestselling series, an Italian police detective delves into two deaths and a dark era of history (The Times, London).When Commissario Guido Brunetti first meets her, Claudia Leonardo is merely one of his wife's students. Intelligent and serious, she asks for his help in obtaining a pardon for a crime once committed by her now-dead grandfather. ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • A Question of Belief

    A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

    by Donna Leon ...
    Series Book 19 - The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries
    "Masterful . . . Brunetti allows readers to share his belief that decency and honesty can, for a little while, stave off the angst of the modern world." —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewWith his hometon of Venice, Italy, beset by hordes of tourists and baking under a glaring sun, Guido Brunetti's greatest wish is to go to the mountains with his family, where he can sleep under a down comforter ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Fatal Remedies

    A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

    by Donna Leon ...
    For Commissario Brunetti, it began with an early morning phone call. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city. But soon Brunetti is shocked to find that the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene is someone from his own family. Meanwhile, Brunetti is under pressure from his superiors to solve a daring robbery with a link to a ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD