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A Sea Of Troubles

  • Imprint: Arrow

  • ISBN: 9780099536574

  • Length: 336  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 234g

  • RRP: £9.99

A Sea Of Troubles

'Brunetti is hard to beat - Leon's tenth novel more than maintains the standard of its predecessors.' Times Literary Supplement

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The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-knit community of the island, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders worthy of the Mafia. When the boss' secretary Signorina Elettra volunteers to visit the island, where she has relatives, Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders, concerns for Elettra's safety, and his not entirely straightforward feelings for her ...

  • Imprint: Arrow

  • ISBN: 9780099536574

  • Length: 336  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 234g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • The arrival of a new Donna Leon book fills me with pleasurable anticipation. She tells a good story, including the best of all current police detectives, Commissario Brunetti, and locates it in a superbly described Venice. The plot is beautifully constructed. The climax is exciting and disturbing ... Brunetti is as irresistible as ever

    The Scotsman

  • Donna Leon goes from strength to strength ... This is her tenth novel but it's as fresh and entertaining as the first

    The Observer

  • Mesmerising

    Express on Sunday

  • A splendid series ... with a backdrop so vivid you can smell it

    Sunday Telegraph

  • Brunetti is hard to beat - Leon's tenth novel more than maintains the standard of its predecessors

    TLS

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About the Author

Donna Leon

Donna Leon is author of the much-loved, best-selling series of novels featuring Commissario Brunetti and one of The Times' 50 Greatest Crime Writers. Widely considered one of the best detective series ever, with admirers including Ursula K. Le Guin and Antonia Fraser, the Brunetti Mysteries have won numerous awards around the world and been translated into thirty-five languages.

Donna Leon

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