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  • Published: 9 March 2023
  • ISBN: 9780099536598
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $22.99

Death in a Strange Country



A new look for the second Brunetti novel from award-winning crime writer Donna Leon

'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening Standard

When the body of a young man is pulled out of a fetid Venetia canal, all clues point to a violent mugging. But for Guido Brunetti, Commissario of the Venice Police, robbery seems altogether too convenient a motive. Then something very incriminating is discovered in the dead man's flat - something which points to the existence of a high-level conspiracy. But who could be going to such great lengths to provide a ready-made solution to the crime?

'The characters of Brunetti and his family continue to deepen throughout the series ' The Times

  • Published: 9 March 2023
  • ISBN: 9780099536598
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Donna Leon

Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna’s books have been translated into 35 languages and have been published around the world.

Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.

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Praise for Death in a Strange Country

Brunetti ... long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives

Evening Standard

What makes Leon's work especially unnerving is the sense that corruption is a continuing process ... The characters of Brunetti and his family continue to deepen throughout the series

The Times
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