, by its Cover: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, by Donna Leon
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, by its Cover: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, by Donna Leon
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In the pages of Donna Leon’s internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries, the conversations of the Brunetti family have often turned to topics of art and literature, but books are at the heart of this novel in a way they never have been before. One afternoon, Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director of a prestigious Venetian library. Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books. After a round of questioning, the case seems clear: the culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, a visiting American professor. But the man fled the library earlier that day, and after checking his credentials, it becomes clear that he is not who he said he was. As the investigation proceeds, the suspects multiply. And when a seemingly harmless character turns up brutally murdered, Brunetti must question his expectations about what makes a man innocent, or guilty.
, by its Cover: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, by Donna Leon- Amazon Sales Rank: #84471 in Books
- Brand: Leon, Donna
- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.20" h x .70" w x 5.40" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
From Booklist *Starred Review* Think of Leon’s latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans, many of whom are librarians. The premise involves the theft and mutilation of rare books from a private research library, and much of the action takes place in the library itself, with Brunetti inhaling the aroma of aging parchment and fondly remembering his student days. Ah, but amid all this biblio-love, there is a real crime—not only the theft but also the murder of one of the library’s regular patrons. As usual, the focus rests with the people involved in and on the periphery of the case. Brunetti’s concern is always with individuals: how they come to do the things they do and what that says about them and about us. At one point, the police pathologist muses, “You know, Guido, at times I find it difficult to believe you do the work you do.” One might say the same of Leon: her books, despite employing the structure of traditional mysteries, are so very different from most crime novels, even those characterized as character-driven. For example, in one four-page scene in which Brunetti questions the brother of the victim, we see the unique sensibility Leon brings to the genre: sure she shows what a skilled interrogator her detective is, but between the lines, there is so much more: Brunetti’s remarkable sensitivity to other human beings, his ability not just to see what they are feeling but to share those feelings and to internalize their melancholy. Above all, Brunetti is a careful reader, of people, of places, of situations, and he never stops at surface meanings. That’s why we bookish types adore him the way we do, and why this will likely be one of his most-loved adventures. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Its a new Leon novel, and its set in a library. Must we go on? --Bill Ott
Review A Seattle Times Best Mystery and Crime Novel of 2014“Fans will rejoice that staples of the Brunetti canon—including conversations with his smart wife and frequent breaks for food and coffee—are very much in evidence.”—Seattle Times“With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles’ hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice.”—Boston Globe“Donna Leon’s books . . . are routinely some of the finest mystery novels to come out of Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter). Her latest, By its Cover, will do nothing but burnish that reputation.”—BookPage“One of her best in a long line of super efforts. . . . Brunetti’s wry internal observations and musings about everything from his superiors to his family are reason enough to come to the feast.”—Bookreporter“Think of Leon’s latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures.”—Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review)“This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city’s charms, culture, and history.”—Publishers Weekly“Brunetti and Venice and books—there’s a totally delectable combination! . . . Truly a must-read for Brunetti fans.”—I Love a Mystery“Donna Leon is one of the more unusual and satisfying writers of crime fiction in the current pantheon. . . . Brunetti is exceptional among detectives. . . . . Not since Simenon’s Maigret have we seen a detective so devoted to the reality and complexity of everyday life.”—Sydney Morning Herald
About the Author Donna Leon has written four previous Guido Brunetti novels, Death and Judgment, Dressed for Death, Death in a Strange Country, and Death at La Fenice, which won the Suntory Prize for the best suspense novel of 1991. She teaches English at the University of Maryland extension at a U.S. Air Force base near Venice Italy, where she has lived for over twenty years.
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100 of 103 people found the following review helpful. New & Improved, Now With More Mystery By takingadayoff There was a period a few years back when I stopped reading Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti mysteries. They seemed to be mysteries that were about everything except a mystery. Sure, I enjoy reading about different occupations, for instance, or social issues, but when reading a mystery, I still am there mainly for a good puzzle and a good story.Fortunately, Leon seems to have developed a way of writing about the myriad of topics she is interested in, and still write puzzling mysteries with plenty of atmosphere for her old fans. By Its Cover begins right away with a promising crime, the theft of rare books from a Venice library. The pace is leisurely, lots of interviews and chasing down clues, and there's no murder until over halfway through the book. But that's appropriate for the setting, La Serenissima, the Most Serene Republic of Venice. No car chases here.Though Brunetti seeks computer-wizard Signorina Elettra's help, she is unable to provide easy answers (as she has in past cases), so he has to rely on traditional police methods. This is much more satisfying in my opinion, since there are no magic answers pulled from the internet. Logic and evidence have to do the trick.Meanwhile, Donna Leon is keeping up an impressive pace of writing lately. In addition to the annual Brunetti mystery, there was a collection of essays last December (My Venice), a non-Brunetti non-murder mystery (The Jewels of Paradise), and coming in April, a book about gondola building and gondola music (Gondola).(Thanks to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic for a review copy.)
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Still love these stories, just not as much By Wendy Sherman I feel that, with her last few books, Donna Leon has been phoning it in. The books are shorter, and the stories delve too much into arcane ways of life, way off the mainstream. All our characters are there, Vice Questore Patta, Lieutenant Scarpa, Signorina Electra, Brunetti's faithful assistant Vianello, but they are by now set in stone. No one ever evolves, the books have become too formulaic. I still read them, for Ms. Leon's lovely descriptions of Venice, and because I keep hoping she will regain her enthusiasm and give us a really exciting read. In this book, once the murder was committed, no one else was ever in danger so there was no suspense, no reason to turn the page. I love Commissario Guido Brunetti, but Donna Leon needs to work harder.
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful. donnalet herself down ..... By p decocco As much as we have enjoyed Donna Leone's novels set in Venice and her characters, this one wandered around, seeming lost between the Grand Canal and St. Mark's Square. The story line is weak, not up to her own standard, and when the ending occurred I honestly thought my Kindle had jumped ahead, leaving out chapters of suspense and information, but no....that was the end. Much like the story, pages have been stolen....
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