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.
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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
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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-10: 0-87113-918-9 (0871139189)
ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-918-4 (9780871139184)
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Location(s) referenced: Venice, Italy.
