A noble radiance
Leon, Donna
A noble radiance / Donna Leon - New York : Penguin , 2003, c1998. - 277 p. ; 18 cm.
"A Penguin mystery"--Cover. Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1998. Includes excerpt from author's new mystery, Uniform Justice.
Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than 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 Radiancea 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.
9780143115922
2003284077
Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character)----Fiction
Aristocracy (Social class)----Fiction
Police---Italy----Fiction
Kidnapping----Fiction
Venice (Italy)---Fiction
Mystery fiction
PS3562.E534 / N63 2003
MYS LEO
A noble radiance / Donna Leon - New York : Penguin , 2003, c1998. - 277 p. ; 18 cm.
"A Penguin mystery"--Cover. Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1998. Includes excerpt from author's new mystery, Uniform Justice.
Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than 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 Radiancea 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.
9780143115922
2003284077
Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character)----Fiction
Aristocracy (Social class)----Fiction
Police---Italy----Fiction
Kidnapping----Fiction
Venice (Italy)---Fiction
Mystery fiction
PS3562.E534 / N63 2003
MYS LEO
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