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Death in a Strange Country

A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, Book 2

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Death in a Strange Country

By: Donna Leon
Narrated by: David Colacci
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Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether too convenient.

When something is discovered in the victim's apartment that suggests the existence of a high-level conspiracy, Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody is taking great pains to provide a ready-made solution to the crime.

Rich with atmosphere and marvelous plotting, Death in a Strange Country is a superb novel in Donna Leon's chilling Venetian mystery series.

©1993 Donna Leon and 1995 Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich (P)2018 Recorded Books Crime Fiction Hard-Boiled Literature & Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Noir
Captivating Characters • Intricate Plot • Excellent Performance • Vivid Details • Believable Storyline • Easy Listening
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Well written. This is one of the better books of the series, but most disturbing. The themes of government secrets rang too true. Corrupt powers doing as they like to build their empires and billionaire bank accounts,
The comments concerning the ways of the United States’ culture felt right and was interesting to hear from a European perspective.

Criminal Governments.

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Inspector Brunetti, his family and co-workers are all great characters. I love his and the humor in Themis series

Characters

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was good story line and overall performance, enjoyed. didn't realize this was in series.

good story

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This story had a great ability to add little details into the scenery of the story that would be needed later but not ruin the plot and mystery. The narrator did different voices well and added to the easy listening of the story.

So many components

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Well written . Beautifully narrated. Thought provoking story. I love and recommend this series of books.

Thought provoking

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Chose eating on performance as it was hard to hear if there is any background noise. I often walk outside while exercising narrators voice a bit too low w/volume turned to high. Nice accent but...
Good story however wish I’d listened to Book 1st.

Ending not what I expected!!

More to enjoy.

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Donna Leon chooses great themes. Guido is always charming, clever, warm-hearted but can be undone by bureaucracy and dark forces. Interesting exploration of American military bases abroad in this one as well as his relationship with his powerful aristocratic father-in-law.

Great ecology and international relations theme!

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Donna Leon’s books are outstanding. Easy to relate to the characters and the story. This is the second in the series; look forward to reading more

Excellent

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A well crafted mystery well told. The performance is excellent. In all this book is both profound and yet understated.

Excellent

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Started out a bit slow but once into it the characters came to life. Laugh out loud funny at times; yet sadly all to much like the truth of both Italy, and the American foreign presence overseas.
Once I sped up the reading to 1.2, really liked the narrator!

Interesting characters

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