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Donna Leon | Friends in High Places | English Title: Friends in High Places<br>Novel, 336 Pages

Novel, Hardcover
336 Pages
Published in June 2001

ISBN 978-3-257-06271-7

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Donna Leon
Friends in High Places

Published by Diogenes as Feine Freunde

There is a bureaucratic Sword of Damocles hanging over the Brunetti family: when they found their apartment overlooking the roofs of Venice as a newly married couple twenty years ago, Paula had been pregnant, and they did not ask too many questions. And now, suddenly, an official from the land registry office, Franco Rossi, is standing on the doorstep with questions about building permits and other documents. But Brunetti is not fooled by the forest of small print and soon recognises an abyss of contradictions. It is not long before he starts investigating – and not only in his own interests: the man from the land registry office is killed in a fall from a scaffolding, and a telephone number in his wallet leads to a lawyer who is shot dead in the bright light of day. Drugs, usury, corruption: surrounded by organised crime, Brunetti is so angry at his own impotence that he reverts to unusual measures.

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»Leon’s best so far ... I don’t think I could really understand a crime fan who didn’t love Donna Leon.«Scotland on Sunday

»All Donna Leon’s novels are excellent in their evocation of place, while in Brunetti she has created a character who becomes more real in each book. However, ›Friends in High Places‹ is by far the best, and marks a quantum leap forward.«Evening Standard

»Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment.«The Sunday Times

»Donna Leon is the undisputed crime fiction queen ... [Her] ability to capture the city's social scene and international politics is first-rate, as always.«The Baltimore Sun

»A splendid read, clever and provoking.«Observer

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