Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon is the first book I read by her and the first book in the Brunetti series. I enjoyed the book, but gave it 4 stars because I felt there is a bit too much on the private life of Brunetti and I was interested in the crime solving part of the book.

The plot of the book is simple, a famous conductor, Maestro Helmut Wellauer, is poisoned during a performance of the opera La Traviata. The investigation shows that he had quite a few enemies, but the motive is not clear. The solution of the mystery was unexpected and unusual. I can’t say more without giving out spoilers, as the solution was the best part of the book. It was a good book overall. I will read another one of hers soon.

Death at La Fenice Donna Leon

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My rating: 4/5 Stars
Would I recommend it: yes
Published by: Arrow Books
Year it was published: 2009 (first published in 1992)
Format: Paperback
Genre(s): Fiction
Pages: 338

About the author: Donna Leon (born September 29, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti.
Donna Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty-five years. She has worked as a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College – Europe (UMUC-Europe) in Italy, then as a Professor from 1981 to 1999 at the american military base of Vicenza (Italy) and a writer.
Her crime novels are all situated in or near Venice. They are written in English and translated into many foreign languages, although not, by her request, into Italian. Her ninth Brunetti novel, Friends in High Places, won the Crime Writers’ Association Silver Dagger in 2000.
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