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Loading... The Temptation of Forgiveness: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries) (edition 2018)by Donna Leon (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I've known Commissario Brunetti and his family for many books now, and they don't disappoint. Always well-plotted with believable characters, he introduces us to 'baddies' who aren't villains, but simply struggling with life, as well as the varied cast populating his Police HQ. And as is often the case, it begins with quite a low-key offence that turns out to have wider ramifications. As ever, I raced through this book, with considerable enjoyment. ( ) Temptation of Forgiveness is Book #27 in Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery series. In this title, as in all previous Brunetti books, Venice - its culture, its citizens, its (shall we say) criminality lies center stage. There were too many subplots and dead-end side issues that seemed very unnecessary to me. That aside, the title was amazing in that the main plot is exactly parallel to Guido’s reading of the Athenian tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. Not my favorite title, but good reading nevertheless. *** https://www.instagram.com/p/CmiC8DHrZc1/ Donna Leon - The Temptation of Forgiveness: Surrounded by these women (Elletra, Griffoni, Falier) how can he lose? #cursorybookreviews #cursoryreviews no reviews | add a review
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HTML:The New York Times–bestselling series transports us to "Donna Leon's enticing, troubled and beautiful Venice . . . Her latest mystery is one of her best" (Providence Journal). A New York Times Book Review Best Crime Book of the Year • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A Financial Times Summer Book Pick • A Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine Most Anticipated Mystery of the Year Commissario Guido Brunetti is surprised by the appearance of a friend of his wife's, fearful that her son is using drugs and hopeful Brunetti can somehow intervene. When the woman's husband is found unconscious with a serious brain injury at the foot of a bridge in Venice after midnight, Brunetti is drawn to pursue a possible connection to the boy's behavior. But the truth, as Brunetti has experienced so often, is not straightforward. While Brunetti pursues several false and contradictory leads, he becomes exasperated by the petty bureaucracy that constantly bedevils him and threatens to expose Signorina Elettra, his superior's secretary. But steadied by the embrace of his own family and by his passion for the classics, he reads Sophocles's Antigone, and, in its light, considers the terrible consequences to which the actions of a tender heart can lead. "It's the living, bleeding humanity of the characters that makes Donna Leon's police procedurals so engaging. . . . Tagging along after this sleuth is a wonderful way to see Venice like a native." ?The New York Times Book Review "[A] droll and intelligent series." ?The Wall Street Journal "[A] richly rewarding series . . . from a master of character-rich crime fiction." ?Booklist. No library descriptions found. |
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