A Sea of Troubles, Donna Leon
A Sea of Troubles, Donna Leon
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A Sea of Troubles

Author: Donna Leon

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2011

Synopsis

Dona Leon has amassed devoted fans around the world for her atmospheric and intelligent Commissario Brunetti series. A Sea of Troubles offers a rare glimpse into the scrupulous Commissario’s personal life. When Brunetti investigates the murder of two local fishermen on the island of Pellestrina, the small community closes ranks, forcing him to accept Signorina Elettra’s offer to visit her relatives there to search for clues. Though loyal to his beloved wife, Paola, he must admit that less-than-platonic emotions underlie his concern for his boss’s beautiful secretary. Suspenseful, provocative, and deeply unsettling, A Sea of Troubles is an explosive and irresistible addition to Leon’s marvelous series.

About Donna Leon

American author, Donna Leon, has settled nicely into a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy entitled, Brunettixote. The novels feature the fictional character of Commissario Guido Brunetti.

Leon was born in 1942, and eventually lived in Venice, Italy for over 30 years. She was an English literature lecturer for the University of Maryland in Europe (Italy), and worked on a military base in Italy for several years, before she became a full time writer. She moved to Zurich, Switzerland, and also had a home in a smaller Swiss village.

The novels have been translated from English into several foreign languages, but for some reason the author did not approve them being translated into Italian. German television has shown 22 Commissario Brunetti episodes that they produced for broadcast.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex is The Romance Fox on March 03, 2016

A Sea of Troubles, the 10th Commissario Brunetti mystery featuring Venetian police detective, Guido Brunetti starts with the bodies of two fishermen found in a burnt fishing boat in one of the outer islands on the Venice lagoon. The small fishing community offers to share any information about the m......more

Goodreads review by Blaine on May 21, 2022

The 10th book of this series and it is one that is truly a slow build, but my word once this gets going I could not put it down. As with all the books of this series, Donna Leon, weaves her plot and characters around a social/society issue in Venice and this time we are dealing with fishing. Yes, fi......more

Goodreads review by Charles on July 24, 2022

Charles van Buren TOP 1000 REVIEWER 2.0 out of 5 stars Dull Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase Review of Kindle edition Publication date: August 25, 2009 Publisher: Grove Press Language: English ASIN: B0097D79G4 Commissario Brunetti is a man without faith or religion in the service of a corrupt governme......more

Goodreads review by Charles on September 17, 2014

My appetite is huge for Donna Leon's detailed knowledge of Venice, the city and its people, and her cynical take on corrupt institutions in this legendary place. I have great affection for detective Guido Brunetti; his family (notably his wife, Paola, the professor of English literature, a specialis......more

Goodreads review by Clare on November 16, 2009

Not as good as some of her others. Not much of a plot, and a strange sub-plot in which Brunetti's wife is jealous of Signorina Elettra for no apparent reason. I also didn't really like the storyline that took Elettra away from her area of strength and reduced her to someone who needed to be protecte......more

Quotes

“The sophisticated but still moral Brunetti, with his love of food and his loving family, proves a worthy custodian of timeless values and verities.” Wall Street Journal, praise for the series

“In this stunning novel…featuring dogged, intuitive Venetian police detective Guido Brunetti…combines an engrossing, complex plot with an indictment of the corruption endemic to Italian society...dark, cynical tale of widespread secrecy, violence, and corruption.” Publishers Weekly (starred review), praise for Blood from a Stone

“The evocative Venetian setting and the warmth and humanity of the Brunetti family add considerable pleasure to this nuanced, intelligent mystery…Highly recommended.” Library Journal (starred review), praise for Blood from a Stone

“The appeal of Guido Brunetti, the hero of Donna Leon’s long-running Venetian crime series, comes not from his shrewdness, though he is plenty shrewd, nor from his quick wit. It comes, instead, from his roll as an everyman…Not so different from our own days at the office or nights around the dinner table. Crime fiction for those willing to grapple with, rather than escape, the uncertainties of daily life.” Booklist (starred review), praise for the series

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