The Washington Post: Donna Leon dislikes violent books. She takes a different tack in her own.
Donna Leon never planned to write crime fiction. And yet this year she published her 32nd mystery novel featuring Venetian police detective Guido Brunetti. The series is an international bestseller ...
Donna Leon dislikes violent books. She takes a different tack in her own.
Author Donna Leon is celebrating the 20th installment of her Brunetti crime series, which follows the suave Commissario Guido Brunetti as he... Venetian Verite: Donna Leon's Gritty Italian Mystery ...
The Independent: Watching the detective: Staking out the haunts of Donna Leon's top sleuth, Guido Brunetti
Watching the detective: Staking out the haunts of Donna Leon's top sleuth, Guido Brunetti
In “Give Unto Others,” Donna Leon’s latest procedural starring Commissario Guido Brunetti, the city of Venice is breathing a bit easier after getting past the peak of the pandemia. Venetians are once ...
The Washington Post: Donna Leon’s ‘The Jewels of Paradise’ still shines without her Commissario Brunetti
Donna Leon’s ‘The Jewels of Paradise’ still shines without her Commissario Brunetti
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 ...
Writer Donna Leon has lived in Venice, Italy, for three decades, and in that time she has published 20 crime novels featuring the suave detective Commissario Guido Brunetti. Like the rest of the ...
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, ...