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Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

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Also by Donna Leon:

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The Waters of Eternal Youth, March 2016
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By Its Cover, May 2014
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The Golden Egg, March 2013
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Beastly Things, April 2012
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A Question Of Belief, April 2011
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About Face, April 2009
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Death at La Fenice, August 2007
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Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon

A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

Harper
August 2007
On Sale: July 24, 2007
288 pages
ISBN: 006074068X
EAN: 9780060740689
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Thriller | Suspense

There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his admirable abilities must come into play in the deadly affair of Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor who died painfully from cyanide poisoning during an intermission at La Fenice.

But as the investigation unfolds, a chilling picture slowly begins to take shape -- a detailed portrait of revenge painted with vivid strokes of hatred and shocking depravity. And the dilemma for Guido Brunetti will not be finding a murder suspect, but rather narrowing the choices down to one ...

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