Quietly in Their Sleep (Guido Brunetti Series #6)

by Donna Leon

Overview

In the sixth book featuring Donna Leon’s ever-charming and sympathetic protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who has had five patients unexpectedly die and decides to leave her convent. In the course of his inquiries, Brunetti encounters an unusual cast of characters but discovers nothing that seems criminal. Is the nun simply creating a smoke screen to justify abandoning her vocation? Or has she stumbled onto something very real and very sinister—something that places her own life in imminent danger? A beautiful, suspense-filled novel, Quietly in Their Sleep is Donna Leon at the top of her form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802123824
Publisher:	Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/09/2015
Series:	Guido Brunetti Series , #6
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	139,509
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Donna Leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has worked as a travel guide in Rome and as a copywriter in London. She taught literature in universities in Iran, China, and Saudi Arabia. Commissario Brunetti made her books world-famous. Donna Leon lived in Italy for many years, and although she now lives in Switzerland, she often visits Venice.

Hometown:

Venice, Italy

Date of Birth:

February 28, 1942

Place of Birth:

Montclair, New Jersey

Education:

B.A., 1964; M.A. 1969; postgraduate work in English literature

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever (The Washington Post)

Brunetti is the most humane sleuth since Georges SimenonÆs Inspector Maigret. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

No one knows the labyrinthine world of Venice . . . like LeonÆs Brunetti. (Time)

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Quietly in Their Sleep:

“Brunetti is the most humane sleuth since Georges Simenon’s Inspector Maigret. . . . He is a decent man [who achieves] a quiet heroism.”—Philadelphia Inquirer

“[Leon] offers a fresh, exhilarating take on that ambiguous city, with its labyrinthine alleyways and politics, its glamour, its grottiness. . . . An intelligent, satisfying crime novel.”—Sunday Times (UK)

Praise for Donna Leon:

“Leon’s books shimmer in the grace of their setting and are warmed by the charm of their characters.”—New York Times Book Review

“No one is more graceful and accomplished than Leon.”—Washington Post

“Intelligent and deeply satisfying mysteries. . . . The Venetian detective has reached . . . iconic status.”—Seattle Times

From the Publisher

No one knows the labyrinthine world of Venice ... like Leon's Brunetti.

Time

One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever

Washington Post

Brunetti is the most humane sleuth since Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Writing just after the War of 1812, an American sea captain recounts his shipwreck and the subsequent enslavement of his crew by East African nomads. Riley’s tales of cruel treatment in unknown lands, written in the eloquent language of the day, sold a million copies. Reader Brian Emerson (aka Jonathan Marosz) is monotonous and cool, punctuating sentences by prolonging the last word and dropping his voice. The didactic, well-pronounced delivery at first makes the history seem plausible. But as the story proceeds to melodramatics--survival by drinking camel urine, for example--the listener begins to suspect that the captain’s heroics may have impaired the accuracy of his memory while, at the same time, fertilizing his imagination. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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