Dressed for Death (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)

Donna Leon?s Commissario Guido Brunetti series grows more popular in America with the publication of every new novel. In this installment, Brunetti?s hopes of a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera?a body so badly beaten the face is completely unrecognizable. Brunetti searches Venice for someone who can identify the corpse, but he is met with a wall of silence. Then he receives a telephone call from a contact who promises some tantalizing information. And before the night is out, Brunetti is confronting yet another appalling, and apparently senseless, death. more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Mar-29-2009

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The Venice Questura learns there had been a death, apparently in the vicinity of a factory. Red shoes of the victim trigger the discovery of the body. Guido Brunetti hears about the matter at 2:30. Guido is filling in for another unit. He is married to Paola who has a tendancy to go too far....

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Posted: Mar-15-2009

My '' Favorite '' of 12 Read by Donna Leon

Venice - Gritty SuspenseTake a look at the gritty underbelly of Venice.. I very much enjoy Donna Leon's novels (17 or so) centering on the somewhat suave Police Inspector, Guido Brunetti. Chilling crime, depavity, revenge & murder. These novels (I've read at least 12 so far) always give a...

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Posted: Jul-07-2008

try donna leon

a "NEW YORKER" book reviewer remarked once on a detective book by DONNA LEON--as being sort of the gold standard for series detective writing--so i tried 2-3 of them--enjoyed quite a lot--but may never read again; or more, of hers.

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Posted: Mar-15-2008

"Surely those shoes and that dress were not the sort of thing a middle-aged banker wore to the office"

In this novel, also published as "The Anonymous Venetian", besides delivering a tantalizing mystery, Leon deeply explores another aspect of Italian culture: the firmly rooted concepts of "macho" and proud males. When the body of a man is found with his faced bashed in, in a woman's dress, and...

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Posted: Sep-04-2007

An Ironic Murder Mystery Triggers Probing Questions Leading to New Insights

With Dressed for Death (originally titled as The Anonymous Venetian), the Guido Brunetti mysteries reach their full power for the first time. As with Donna Leon's earlier books, Dressed for Death features a corpse that's prepared and deposited to create maximum confusion for the police. That...

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Posted: Apr-25-2007

Another great read

All of Leon's Venice mysteries are great - they really give you a wonderful sense of place and also inform you about some areas around Venice. I recommend reading the entire series if you are traveling to Venice.

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Posted: Mar-21-2007

Dressed for Death

The most annoying thing about this book is that it is also available under the title The Anonymous Venetian. So be careful when purchasing the wonderful Donna Leon Books. A couple of them have been published under different names.

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Posted: Feb-28-2007

Leon Tackles Tough Subjects

The air in Venice is stifling, but Leon's famous detective doesn't hesitate to dig into the most carefully guarded secrets of Italy's highest citizens to those struggling to survive as prostitutes. Without the support of his beloved family (they've gone on a well-deserved vacation without him)...

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Posted: Jul-20-2006

Dressed for Death

No good deed goes unpunished as Comissario Guido Brunetti learns as this plot unravels. Appearances can be deceiving but Brunetti is not fooled by first impressions and is able to put together the pieces of this puzzle aided by his secretary Signorina Elettra and trusted fellow officers.

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Posted: Jul-07-2006

What sexual gratification would a person get from wearing clothing of the opposite sex? Brunetti's fetish thoughts answered.

A word used in our human circles to describe a crossdresser would be transvestite (Italian: travestito) meaning someone who dresses in the clothes usually worn by the opposite sex. Transvestites may be bisexual, heterosexual or homosexual; Transvestite comes from the Latin word travesty....

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