Leon, Donna

Doctored evidence by Donna Leon ( Book )
30 editions published between 2004 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,895 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Venetian police detective Guido Brunetti investigates when a Romanian housekeeper is falsely accused of murdering her employer

Acqua alta by Donna Leon ( Book )
89 editions published between 1996 and 2013 in 9 languages and held by 1,865 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Venetian detective Guido Brunetti swings into action when the curator of Venice's most prestigious museum turns up dead, bludgeoned by a priceless artifact, and an American archaeologist and close friend narrowly escapes the killer

The jewels of paradise by Donna Leon ( Book )
21 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,857 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, she's had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina gets word of a position back home, she jumps at the opportunity. The job is an unusual one. After nearly three centuries, two locked trunks, believed to contain the papers of a baroque composer have been discovered. Deeply-connected in religious and political circles, the composer died childless; now two Venetians, descendants of his cousins, each claim inheritance. Caterina's job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the "testamentary disposition" of the composer. But when her research takes her in unexpected directions she begins to wonder just what secrets these trunks may hold

Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon ( Book )
57 editions published between 1992 and 2012 in English and held by 1,751 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Investigating the poisoning death of a world-renowned conductor, vice-commissario Guido Brunetti of Venice sifts through the dead man's many enemies, uncovering a life of depravity and revenge that makes Brunetti question his own morals

By its cover by Donna Leon ( Book )
11 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 1,706 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One afternoon, Commissario Guido 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, an American professor from a Kansas university. The only problem--the man fled the library earlier that day, and after checking his credentials, the American professor doesn't exist. As the investigation proceeds, the suspects multiply. And when a seemingly harmless theologian, who had spent years reading at the library turns up brutally murdered, Brunetti must question his expectations about what makes a man innocent, or guilty

Death in a strange country by Donna Leon ( Book )
42 editions published between 1993 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,560 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Aggressively investigating an American's murder in tranquil Venice despite his superior's order to keep things clean and quiet, Commissario Guido Brunetti finds himself knee-deep in a toxic waste cover-up with political ties

A noble radiance by Donna Leon ( Book )
36 editions published between 1998 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An unassuming uninhabited farmhouse in the Italian countryside delivers up its gruesome secret when its overgrown grounds are cleared for the first time in decades. What is left of the decomposing body is of little help to the urgently summoned Brunetti...until a distinctively valuable signet ring, found nearby, links the mangled remains to a kidnapped scion of Venetian aristocracy

A sea of troubles by Donna Leon ( Book )
35 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and held by 1,154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Commissario Brunetti investigates the murder of two local fishermen on the island of Pellestrina, the small community closes ranks, forcing him to accept Signorina Elettra's offer to visit her relatives there to search for clues. Though loyal to his beloved wife, Paola, he must admit that less-than-platonic emotions underlie his concern for his boss's beautiful secretary

Through a glass, darkly [a Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery] by Donna Leon ( Recording )
37 editions published between 2003 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A watchman at a glass factory in Venice is killed, and a copy of Dante's Inferno found at the scene may contain the evidence Brunetti needs to solve the murder

Blood from a stone by Donna Leon ( Recording )
31 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,063 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano. the closest witnesses are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death--fake handbags of every designer label. The dead man had been working as a vu cumpra, one of the many African immigrants purveying goods outside normal shop hours and without work permits. Commissario Brunetti's response is that of everybody involved: Why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant? Once Brunetti begins to investigate this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake. Warned by Patta, his supervisor, to resist further involvement in the case, how far will Brunetti be able to penetrate the murky subculture of Venice's illegal community?