I needed a reading palate cleanser a quick and easy read to bridge the gap between two more serious literary works. Login register for bookmarks and favorites home series archive. Acqua alta by donna leon overdrive rakuten overdrive. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read acqua alta. Acqua alta commissario brunetti book 5 kindle edition by leon. Aug 31, 2004 full of corkscrew plot twists and sharp, pithy observations about family, nationality, and honor, donna leon s acqua alta takes us into a singular and unforgettable world of beauty, tradition, and greed, where everyone has a secret of their own, and nothingand no oneis as it seems. Donna leon is an american author of crime fiction, best known for her series set in venice that feature commissiario guido brunetti. Donna has taught english lit around the world, in countries such as switzerland, iran, china, italy and saudi arabia. Venices conservation and housing issues the acqua alta that sees much of the city regularly flooded during the winter. Buy donna leon ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device.
Acqua alta daniel boone regional library overdrive. A commissario guido brunetti mystery donna leon on. The winner of the cwa macallan silver dagger for fiction, among other awards, leon was born in new jersey and has lived in venice for thirty yea. Brett, an american who spearheaded a recent exhibition of chinese pottery in venice, lives with her lover, flavia petrelli, the. Internationally bestselling mystery writer donna leon masterfully blends the intrigue and passion of the ancient city of venice also her beloved adopted home with cuttingedge detective work in her popular series featuring commissario guido brunetti. While venice lies in the grip of the acqua alta, the high tide that floods the city every winter, archaeologist. It is interesting that leons series about comissario brunetti got its television adaptation in germany. Jan 01, 1996 i needed a reading palate cleanser a quick and easy read to bridge the gap between two more serious literary works.
Death in high water acqua alta by donna leon fictiondb. Donna leon ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Acqua alta is the fifth in donna leon s mesmerizing series featuring commissario guido brunetti of the venice police and, as in the previous works, the author once again manages to capture not only the soul but the heart, literally, of modern day venice. Donna leon books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes.
Guido brunetti mystery, book 5 commissario guido brunetti mystery. Net login register for bookmarks and favorites menu login. Lynch draws the contemporary venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua. Donna leon s target this time is corruption in museum management historic artifacts involving brutal beatings. Originally from new york, she has lived in venice for over 25 years. Jun 17, 2011 the big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. Acqua alta commissario brunetti book 5 kindle edition. Donna leon s target this time is corruption in museum management historic artifacts involving brutal beatings, kidnapping and murder which tests all of. Buy acqua alta commissario brunetti reprints by donna leon isbn. In leon s fifth commissario guido brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian dotoressa brett lynch draws the contemporary venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta, the torre. Donna leon guido brunetti series in order waterstones. Publishers weekly as venice braces for a winter tempest, intrepid italian sleuth commissario guido brunetti finds out that an archaeologist and old frien. She is the author of twentythree crime novels that take place in venice, italy, and feature commissario guido brunetti as the protagonist, with support characters that help him solve the crimes. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading acqua alta commissario brunetti book 5. Donna leon was born in montclair, new jersey, in 1942. Donna leon books list of books by author donna leon. I decided to go with one of donna leon s commissario brunetti mysteries, a series that ive discovered fairly recently. Read acqua alta by donna leon available from rakuten kobo. I benefited from reading this in venice in august 20 experiencing rather different weather than brunetti and the other characters in this story set in winter and acqua alta floods. Jan 27, 2009 recorded books is the largest independent producer of audiobooks in the world.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read. Acqua alta ebook by donna leon 9788432202315 rakuten kobo. But the most important character is not a person at allits the city of venice. Donna leon is the author of the internationally bestselling commissario guido brunetti mystery series. The reader almost shivers in the cold, flooded venice that encompasses a plot to cover up archeological fraud by means of theft, abduction and murder. The crumbling grandeur of venice has proved a magnet for the worlds crime writers and donna leon is one of the best at conveying the stench of corruption that rises from the citys canals. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jul 15, 2019 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The adaptation gathered fans from other european countries as well, such as spain and finland. May 03, 20 in leon s fifth commissario guido brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian dotoressa brett lynch draws the contemporary venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta, the torrential winter rains. Acqua alta ebook by donna leon 9789023477754 rakuten kobo.