This stunning novel is the third Venetian book in a row that I have read and gosh, what a read. Mr. Hewson is a skilled teller of stories, cleverly weaving together two intricate, intertwined plots, separated by 250 years. At first, the stories seem to be running parallel to each …
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 …
To say I devoured the latest Nathan Sutherland adventure would be a huge understatement. I’d pre-ordered the Kindle version on Amazon (sadly, Covid means fewer physical books are being shipped out to India, where I live) and at exactly one second past midnight on publication day it was delivered. And …
What a treat. 2 Philip Gwynne Jones novels in less than a week. No sooner had I finished “The Venetian Masquerade” than I picked up “Venetian Gothic” and thanks to a judiciously timed day of filthy, cold, freezing weather here in Delhi, where I live, plus a few accompanying aches …
What a pleasure to plunge back into the Venetian world of Nathan Sutherland, the Honorary British Consul in Venice, and otherwise a translator of documents – often boring, and increasingly Brexit related. “The Venetian Masquerade” is the 3rd in this charming series, and we are re-united with Nathan, his long-suffering …
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”, …
I had owned up here, publicly, in a review a couple of weeks ago about having only recently discovered the wonderful Commissario Brunetti series, written by the talented Donna Leon. Having got addicted, I am now binge-reading this series of gripping detective novels, set in Venice. Catching up on the …
