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Donna Leon | Dressed for Death | English Title: Dressed for Death<br>Novel, 384 Pages

Novel, Hardcover
384 Pages
Published in Feb. 1996

ISBN 978-3-257-06103-1

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Donna Leon
Dressed for Death

Published by Diogenes as Venezianische Scharade

Really, Brunetti had intended to go to the mountains with his family instead of spending August under the scorching Venetian sun. But then the body of a man in female clothing is found by the slaughterhouse near Mestre. A transvestite? He’ll have had a quarrel with one of his »customers«, is the generally held opinion, even among some members of the police force. But Brunetti, as honest and upright as it is possible to be in Italy, takes a closer look. Was the dead man really part of the transvestite and prostitution scene? During his investigations in a milieu which is probably relatively unknown among most readers and thus all the more exciting, the Commissario learns to be less hasty with his judgements than most average, upright citizens, and he becomes increasingly suspicious about the true activities of the allegedly worthy institution known as the Lega della Moralità. In this book, Donna Leon exposes a particularly spectacular case of double moral standards and some highly topical instances of political corruption. Rarely have sex and crime been linked with such seemingly impeccable morality. A brilliant, elegantly written detective novel with a highly ingenious plot and a compelling atmosphere.

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»Brunetti’s humane police work is disarming, and his ambles through the city are a delight.«The New York Times Book Review

»No one is more graceful and accomplished than Leon.«The Washington Post

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

»Carry on, Guido Brunetti, and carry on writing, Donna Leon!«NDR

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