Uniform Justice by Donna Leon - ISBN: 9780099536659
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Venice hides a deadly secret where power and silence reign.

Uniform Justice

(Brunetti 12)

$33.63

  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    6 August 2009

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Summary

When a young cadet is found hanged at a military academy, Commissario Brunetti’s investigation entangles him in the strange and stormy politics of Venice’s powerful elite.

“Complex and thought-provoking and lingers in the mind” - Sunday Times

Neither Commissario Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had much sympathy for the Italian armed forces, so when a young cadet is found hanged, at Venice’s elite military academy, Brunetti’s emotions are complex: pity and sorrow at the d…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099536659
ISBN-10:009953665X
Author:Donna Leon
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:6 August 2009
Weight:236g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 21mm
Series:A Commissario Brunetti Mystery
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Critics Review

There is the joy of contemplating Venice: the veiled and ancient heroine, with a sad haunted beauty slipping away year by year. Read it is the dusk, with a grappa

There is the joy of contemplating Venice: the veiled and ancient heroine, with a sad haunted beauty slipping away year by year. Read it is the dusk, with a grappa – Libby Purves * Good Book Guide *Brunetti … long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives * Evening Standard *Complex and thought-provoking and lingers in the mind * Sunday Times *Wonderfully familiar characters, a powerful sense of place and expert plotting * Guardian *

About The Author

Donna Leon

Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna’s books have been translated into thirty-five languages and have been published around the world. 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, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.

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