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Title | : | A Noble Radiance (Commissario Brunetti #7) |
Author | : | Donna Leon |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 277 pages |
Published | : | August 26th 2003 by Penguin Books (first published 1998) |
Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Cultural. Italy. Fiction |

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Paperback | Pages: 277 pages Rating: 3.97 | 6663 Users | 427 Reviews
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Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than a decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever Commissario Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover the threads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity while maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption, and intrigue. In A Noble Radiance a new landowner is summoned urgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentally unearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, but a ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens an infamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's most aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel the clues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice and that of a family grieving for their abducted son.Define Books Supposing A Noble Radiance (Commissario Brunetti #7)
Original Title: | A Noble Radiance |
ISBN: | 0142003190 (ISBN13: 9780142003190) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Commissario Brunetti #7 |
Characters: | Commissario Guido Brunetti |
Setting: | Venice(Italy) |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 6663 Users | 427 ReviewsCommentary Containing Books A Noble Radiance (Commissario Brunetti #7)
Talk about aScrumptiousTasty Treat.3 Solid Stars.TTS Listen.Clean, oneBad Word.This mystery from author Donna Leon offers yet another challenging murder for Commissario Brunetti to solve. Very interesting twists and turns in this one as he pulls together bits of information that look as if they're leading nowhere.
I enjoyed this, as I always do with the Donna Leon Brunetti series, because of the Venice setting and wonderfully conjured environment of the city and its surroundings, which is reason enough to read these books. The detective hero and his family are plausible and likeable too.However, the 'who done it' mystery element after reading a few of these novels, overplays the interest in the 'what the person was like' approach to the investigation, which is the characteristic style of Brunetti, which

Oh do I love this series, so low key and informative and you dont have to read them in order! Another social issue is covered here but I wont divulge it because it would sort of be a spoiler.Glad to see Signorina Elettra in this book, she always adds her color and smarts. I have one more book to read that will finish the series for me, but Im going to take a break from it for a bit. Ive spent too much time in Venice!! Going to see what Bill Bryson has to say in Neither Here nor There, his
Oh Donna Leon, I wish I knew how to quit you. Seriously guys, I can't fully explain what keeps me coming back to her books. The mysteries are never as good as the synopses make them sound, the stories are full of useless filler scenes to increase the page count, Guido Brunetti's investigative technique is less "actual investigating and action scenes" and more "doing lots of phone interviews", and none of it is terribly riveting. But then again: Venice. The setting is what makes these books. The
To begin with, I have to confess that I love Venice. So any story that takes place there is likely to please me. Also, I love a good whodunit. Nothing's better for curling up with and relaxing. Still, Donna Leon's stories have something special. Maybe it's her detective, Commissario Brunetti. He's an extremely wise and cool person. A murder mystery's effectiveness depends on the personality of the detective, and Brunetti is extremely simpatico. Maybe it's the way her
I read the novel in a couple of days easily enough but without great pleasure. It is neither good nor bad, neither captivating nor boring... what else could I possibly say?
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