33 Commissario Brunetti books in order

'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop of the city so vivid you can almost smell it.' The Sunday Telegraph

Winner of the Suntory Mystery Fiction Grand Prize
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The twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Even the celebrated opera house, La Fenice,… show more.

'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening Standard

When the body of a young man is pulled out of a fetid Venetia canal, all clues point to a violent mugging. But for Guido Brunetti, Commissario of the Venice Police, robbery seems altogether… show more.

Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that Brett Lynch, a friend since a murder case at La Fenice, has suffered a savage beating.

The attack, in the beautiful palazzo home of Flavia Petrelli, reigning diva of La Scala, had come with a message: 'Don't keep… show more.

'Every detail on every page forms part of a succession of clues, planted with exquisite precision, to unravelling the mystery' Sunday Times

In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, a grave is discovered by the owner of a deserted farmhouse, which has been untouched for decades.… show more.

'Donna Leon has established Commissario Guido Brunetti as one of the most engaging of fictional detectives ... Brunetti is ... back on track, sadder perhaps, but wiser and wittier than ever.' Sunday Times

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A sudden act of vandalism had just been committed in the chill Venetian dawn. But Commissario… show more.

'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

Winner of the Crime Writers Association Macallan Silver Dagger Award for Fiction
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When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of… show more.

'Brunetti is hard to beat - Leon's tenth novel more than maintains the standard of its predecessors.' Times Literary Supplement

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The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-knit community of the island,… show more.

'Complex and thought-provoking and lingers in the mind.' Sunday Times

A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year
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Neither Commissario Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had much sympathy for the Italian armed forces, so when a young cadet is found hanged, at Venice's elite military academy, Brunetti's emotions… show more.

'The virtues of Leon's writing are all on display in ... Doctored Evidence ... [Leon] has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals ... Like all the best detective fiction, Doctored Evidence not only solves a… show more.

'The thoughtful and charming [Brunetti] is on top form . . . His nicely balanced world . . . is cumulatively engrossing. In this domestic detail, Leon roots the power of the ordinary, moral individual.' Sunday Times

Winner of the Spoken Word Awards Silver Award
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On a cold night… show more.

'Leon...has once again, apparently effortlessly, produced a wholly absorbing read.' Sunday Telegraph

It is a luminous spring day in Venice, as Commissario Brunetti and Inspettore Vianello take a break from the Questura to come to the rescue of Vianello's friend Marco Ribetti, who has been arrested while protesting against chemical… show more.

'Donna Leon is keeping up an astonishingly high standard ... she achieves a perfect blend of characters, place, mystery and social issues. Her sixteenth Brunetti novel is also one of her best.' The Times

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When Commissario Brunetti is summoned to the hospital bedside of a senior paediatrician whose skull… show more.

'In The Girl of His Dreams, Donna Leon is writing at her fluent best.' The Independent

2008 Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year
Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller
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One rainy morning Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello respond to an emergency call reporting a body floating near… show more.

'The very first sentences of About Face showcase Donna Leon's elegant, effortless style ... another great Brunetti outing.' The Independent

Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller
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At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He's charmed - perhaps… show more.

'Leon's books are a joy, and the 19th Venice-based Commissario Brunetti novel is well up to her consistently high standard.' Guardian

A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller
One of Deadly Pleasures Best Novels of the Year
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As Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti escapes the city to spend… show more.

[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. Evening Standard

A Kirkus Reviews Best Mystery 2011
A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller
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A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the… show more.

'The book is written with that depth of thought about crime and humanity that characterises the best of Leon's work.' Jane Jakeman, Independent

Maclean's Magazine (Canada) National Bestseller
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When a body is found floating in a canal, strangely disfigured and with multiple stab wounds, Commissario Brunetti is called to… show more.

'The familiar characters and Venetian location are described with remarkable freshness and, as always, the edifying result is both amusing and thought-provoking.' Sunday Telegraph

A New York Times Bestseller
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Celebrated by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers, Donna Leon brings Venice to life in the… show more.

'The multiple award-winning Leon has lost none of her talent for weaving intrigue, and the atmosphere of Venice is as beguiling as ever.' Living North

A Washington Post Bestseller
A New York Times Bestseller
A Seattle Times Best Mystery and Crime Novel of 2014
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By Its Cover is the… show more.

'Donna Leon's deft and descriptive words do for Venice what Canaletto did for this serenest of cities with his brushes and paint palette and bring it to life in all its reach and colourful gaiety...[An] intriguing tense thriller. The ending is to die for.' Daily Express

A New York Times… show more.

'There is no one better than Donna Leon at showing the ripple effects of a single traumatic event . . . Throughout this astonishingly consistent series Leon has recast the city in her own venerable image: full of surprises and hidden beauty.' Evening Standard

A New York Times Bestseller
An… show more.

'When she's writing about her beloved Venice, Donna Leon can do no wrong. And Earthly Remains, her new mystery featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, is one of her best. It's also one of her saddest, dealing as it does with the seemingly unstoppable polluting of the great lagoon . . .… show more.

'The Venetian settings are en chanting and Commissario Guido Brunetti's investigative methods are drolly amusing. But it's the living, bleeding humanity of the characters that makes Donna Leon's police procedurals so engaging ... Tagging along after this sleuth is a wonderful way to see Venice like a native, especially since… show more.

'Leon's novels are unshowy and imbued with the humanist outlook that makes Brunetti such an appealing character.' Sunday Times

A New York Times Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
A Library Journal Bestseller (Mystery)
Named One of the Year's Best Crime Novels by Booklist
An Amazon Best Book of the… show more.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

'Leon is a superb novelist . . .You can feel the tension, fear, horror - and wonder' The Times

'They killed him. It was bad money.' A dying hospice patient gasps these cryptic words about her recently-deceased husband, who lost his life in a motorcycle… show more.

In the landmark thirtieth installment of the bestselling series the New Yorker has called “an unusually potent cocktail of atmosphere and event,” Guido Brunetti is forced to confront an unimaginable crime

In his many years as a commissario, Guido Brunetti has seen all manner of crime and known intuitively how… show more.

**An Instant New York Times Bestseller**

Brunetti is forced to confront the price of loyalty, to his past and in his work, as a seemingly innocent request leads him into troubling waters

What role can or should loyalty play in the life of a police inspector? It’s a question Commissario… show more.

In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti’s own youthful past helps solve a mysterious murder

On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has… show more.

Commissario Guido Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyalties

'Perfectly crafted . . . this only proves what a truly great writer [Leon] has become' Mark Sanderson, The Times

'One of the most subtle and exquisite detective series ever'… show more.