Having just finished a novel about Venice, I moved straight onto another novel about Venice. Such joy! “Transient Desires”, the 30th in the stunning Commissario Guido Brunetti series, is every bit as gripping as the previous books, but it is but definitely a little darker. Although Guido’s delightful family is …
In “The Girl of his dreams”, the 17th in the wonderful Commissario Brunetti series, we once again are privileged to witness the author Donna Leon on top form. Every single book in the series is excellent. Each book, and they are all stand-alone books by the way, is a love-song …
I am at that stage in my binge-reading of the wonderful Commissario Brunetti’s series when I need to slow down. In no time at all, I’ve reached the end of the 16th in this stunning series of detective novels set in Venice, and – yet again – I close the …
I am a recent convert to the wonderful Commissario Brunetti series of books by Donna Leon, and am devouring them almost too quickly, if that makes sense. Instead of taking them at a measured pace, I’m binge-reading these novels, and loving every minute of it! In “A Sea of Troubles”, …
At times, it’s almost embarrassing how late I come to some parties. Like the Donna Leon party. How on earth did I miss Ms Leon’s utterly wonderful detective novels, set in Venice? Where was I all the years that everyone else was reading and raving about Donna Leon’s wonderful writing, …