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  • Published: 1 June 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407070544
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

Friends In High Places



A new look for detective novel writer Donna Leon's ninth book in the bestselling Commissario Brunetti crime series

'Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment' Sunday Times

Winner of the Crime Writers Association Macallan Silver Dagger Award for Fiction

Commissario Guido Brunetti gets into trouble when Franco Rossi, a young bureaucrat, pays him a visit. Rossi is there to determine whether Brunetti's apartment was built with official approval, and when Brunetti is unable to provide any documentation, he faces the prospect of both fines and the dismantling of his home. But when Rossi rings Brunetti at work, clearly scared, and is then found dead, Brunetti is drawn into an investigation that unveils a world of corruption, drug dealing and moneylenders.

'All Donna Leon's novels are excellent in their evocation of place, while in Brunetti she has created a character who becomes more real in each book' Evening Standard

  • Published: 1 June 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407070544
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

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 Friends In High Places

Leon's best so far ... I don't think I could really understand a crime fan who didn't love Donna Leon

Scotland on Sunday

Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment

Sunday Times

All Donna Leon's novels are excellent in their evocation of place, while in Brunetti she has created a character who becomes more real in each book ... However, Friends in High Places is by far the best, and marks a quantum leap forward

Evening Standard

Leon is a skilful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. Friends in High Places is a splendid read, clever and provoking

The Observer

Friends in High Places [is an] elegant police procedural set in beautifully imagined Venice

Sunday Times

Beautifully written and immaculately plotted, Friend in High Places is further proof that Leon can do no wrong

The Scotsman

With her usual skilful plotting and perfectly judged pace . . . this is Leon's best so far

Scotland on Sunday