Imagine applying for a job in Venice where you’ll open two trunks sealed since 1728 and study their contents, which might contain treasure. That enticing premise is exactly what American Donna Leon, ...

American author Donna Leon uses the Italian city as the backdrop for her Commissario Brunetti detective stories. In Leon's Venice, the violence usually occurs at dawn. This piece, part of our Crime in ...

THE GENESIS, and huge international success, of the Venetian suite policière involving Commissario Guido Brunetti has to be one of the oddest publishing stories in years. Donna Leon (if that isn’t a ...

Today we visit bestselling author Donna Leon who lives in Venice, the setting for her best known books featuring Commissario Brunetti. Donna Leon's novels are famous the world over.

Earthly Remains is the 26th novel in Leon’s Brunetti series which has become an international phenomenon, garnering crime writing awards from around the world. Sadly for the locals, there is no ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Marilyn Stasio TRANSIENT DESIRES By Donna Leon The city of Venice is such a beguiling presence in ...

MORNING EDITION's Crime in the City series takes us, next, to one of the most distinctive cities in the world. Venice is all but a city at sea, built on islands in a lagoon crosshatched with canals ...

Earthly Remains is the 26th novel in Leon’s Brunetti series which has become an international phenomenon, garnering crime writing awards from around the world. Sadly for the locals, there is no ...