Doctored Evidence
A
Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
Donna
Leon
Atlantic Monthly Press (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-87113-918-9 (0871139189)
ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-918-4 (9780871139184)
Publication Date: April 2004
List Price: $22.00
Synopsis (from
the publisher): After the body of a wealthy elderly woman is found
brutally murdered in her Venetian apartment, the police suspect her
maid, who has disappeared and is heading for her native Romania. When
the woman is approached by the border police as her train is leaving
Italy, she makes a run for it and is killed as she crosses the tracks.
She has a considerable sum of money on her and her papers are obvious
forgeries. Case closed.
But when the old woman’s neighbor returns from a business
trip in London, it becomes clear that the maid could not have had time
to kill the old woman before catching her train and that the money on
her was not stolen. Commissario Guido Brunetti
decides—unofficially—to take on the case himself.
At home, Brunetti’s loving wife, Paola, reads the chapter in
her daughter’s religious instruction book about the Seven
Deadly Sins. As he investigates the case, Brunetti realizes that this
is probably not a crime motivated by Greed, rather that the motive may
have more to do with the temptations of Lust. But perhaps Brunetti is
following a false trail and thinking of the wrong sin altogether.
Review:
Venice Commissioner of Police Guido Brunetti makes his 13th appearance
in Donna Leon's Doctored
Evidence.
What makes Leon's books such a treat is that the reader "solves" the
mystery together with Brunetti. By carefully examining the evidence,
sorting through the clues, and putting the often disparate pieces of
the crime puzzle together to form a coherent picture, a solution slowly
forms that is frequently unexpected. Brunetti's co-workers and family
frequently play an important role in these mysteries; in Doctored
Evidence, the formidable computer wizard Signorina Elettra, the dogged
Lieutenant Scarpa, and Brunetti's always literate wife Paola, each in
their own way, provide clues to unraveling the mystery of the old
woman's murder.
Donna Leon is one of the premiere authors of detective fiction writing
today and the cleverly titled Doctored
Evidence is one of the year's best mysteries.
Special thanks to Atlantic Monthly Press for providing an ARC of Doctored Evidence for this review.
Review Copyright © 2004 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-918-4 (9780871139184)
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Location(s) referenced: Venice, Italy.
