Leon, D: Drawing Conclusions/4 CDs

Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna's books have been translated into 35 languages and have been published around the world. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.

"[Leon's] portrait of Venice and modern Italy is, as always, captivating...The lively conversations between...characters, displaying Leon's sly humour, are a delight. Her novels are really studies in human nature, both good and bad, and as a result are far more interesting than mere tales of shooty-shooty bang bang." Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard "Beautifully written, as you would expect from Leon." http://crimeandpublishing.com/2011/04/16/donna-leon-drawing-conclusions/ "Andrew Sachs could read me anything - that mellifluous voice compels you to listen! Not hard with crime novelist Donna Leon's DRAWING CONCLUSIONS. The setting is Italy and Leon's Commissario Brunetti is again the star as he investigates the death of Constanza Altavilla. Plenty of satisfactory twists and turns, and with more about the secrets we all hide, the small infringements of law we are all guilty of, than guns and blood and bodies, it makes perfect summer listening." -- Kati Nicholl Daily Express "With characteristic skill, Leon draws together multiple threads and a well-rounded cast, while her restrained prose gives equal weight to the protagonist's nebulous suspicions...So subtly does Leon's narrative develop that we are unaware of having formed impressions, until, as imperceptibly as she pointed us in one direction, she spins us round to face another. With the steady, unsentimental style that has become her signature, Donna Leon keeps us hesitating until the last corner is turned." TLS "More elegant, understated crime fighting from the mistress of La Serinissima...A welcome return to the comfortable characters and locations that her fans have come to love." The Independent