Doctored Evidence

by Donna Leon | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0099446758 Global Overview for this book
Registered by KaKo27 of Sarisbury Green, Hampshire United Kingdom on 9/17/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by KaKo27 from Sarisbury Green, Hampshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I have probably read most of Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti novels, and I enjoyed them all. You learn a lot about Venice, about food, because Brunetti likes his meals and wine, mostly in the bosom of his very likable family and about crime and corruption in Venice. Donna Leon's approach to the Italian justice system is a cynical one. Often the crime is solved, but no one persecuted.
The interesting thing is that Donna Leon is an American, living in Venice and writing in English. Her books are being published and translated all over the world (I read most of them in German), but they have never been translated into Italian.

From the back:

When a wealthy Venetian woman is found brutally murdered, the prime suspect is her Romanian maid, who has fled the city. As she attempts to leave the country, carrying a considerable sum of money and forged papers, the maid runs into the path of an oncoming train and is killed. Case closed.
But when the old woman's neighbour returns from abroad, it becomes clear that the maid could not have been the killer. Commissario Brunetti decides - unofficially - to take the case on himself...

Journal Entry 2 by KaKo27 at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sent to Kally93. Enjoy reading.

Journal Entry 3 by Kally93 at Brantford, Ontario Canada on Saturday, June 4, 2011
Arrived in the mail today! It was a nice surprise since we are at the start of a postal strike in Canada and I didn`t expect any mail at all. I guess they are rotating the strike between Provinces.

Looks like an interesting book. Thanks KaKo27!

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