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 Doctored Evidence - Donna Leon
 Doctored Evidence - Donna Leon ... her Venetian flat, it is soon clear to the police that the prime suspect is her Rumanian maid, who has disappeared and is heading for Rumania. When the woman is approached by the border police as her train is leaving Italy, she makes a run for it and is killed as she crosses the tracks in front of an oncoming train. She has a considerable sum of money on her and her papers are obvious forgeries. Case closed. But when the old woman's neighbour returns from a business trip in London, it becomes clear that the maid could not have had time to kill the old woman before catching her train, and that the money on her was not stolen. Commissario Brunetti decides - unofficially - to take the case on himself. As Brunetti learns more of the old woman's family, it becomes clear that this is probably not a crime motivated by greed, rather that the probable motive connects with the temptations of lust. But perhaps Brunetti is following a false trail and thinking of the wrong deadly sin altogether.Newest Review: ... she was away in the neighbourhood. She immediately contacts the Police and tells Scarpa that it was not possible for the ... more ... Maid to have killed the old lady. This he treats with doubt and sarcasm.
Commissario Brunetti also interviews Gismondi and agrees to take on the case on an 'informal' basis.
He then sets about uncovering the truth about the murdered lady and her family. In an attempt to find out the motive for her murder. This he will have to be careful about, as he doesn't wish to cross swords for Lieutenant Scarpa and his investigation.
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Doctored Evidence - Donna Leon: Messing with the evidence (1099 words)
by - written on 21/01/09 (Very useful, 303 readings)
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Background: My manager at work has been talking about the quality of Donna Leon's work since the day I started working for her. I advised her I often struggle with foreign authors, writing about places I do not know and cultures I do not appreciate. Despite this she put this crime thriller on my desk, so the very least I could do is try it so I could form an opinion of her work too. About the author: This was Donna Leon's 12th crime novel. Of these five including this one, have focused on Commissario Brunetti as the books main character. The book is set in Venice and is it very clear this is a place the author knows a lot about and ... Read the complete review
Venetian violence (827 words)
by - written on 06/06/06 (Very useful, 118 readings)
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Introduction Donna Leon is another author, like Michael Dibdin and Magdalen Nabb, who has spent time in Italy and has used her time there to her advantage and written a series of crime fiction novels. I’ve been meaning to pick up one of her novels for a while, because she has had good write-ups and got hold of this one, the eleventh in the series of books featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. The author Donna Leon has lived and worked in Venice for over twenty years, where she teaches English literature at university. She has also lived abroad in China and the Middle East. She wrote her first Brunetti novel in 1992, which was inspired by a fake plan ... Read the complete review
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