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As an avid Donna Leon reader, I find Refiner’s Fire as interesting and engaging as always, filled with sounds, smells, and textures of Venice. Inspector Guido Brunetti remains curious and well-read in a non-linear sort of way. Leon readers will know that Brunetti is a wise, compassionate, and well fed hero. His patient and kind approach to police work is often challenged but it survives, with a touch of cynicism.
I admire the social issues that Leon presents, and this one examines violence, darkness, and corruption — illustrated through bullying, administrative cover-ups, hormone-fueled teenage gang fights, and adult gang fights that we call wars. This war was in Iraq, and it spawned a carefully contrived Italian war hero.
While Brunetti, Signora Elletra, and Griffoni remain strong and positive characters, the darkness around them is unusual for a Leon novel. The author seems to have grown beyond annoyance and anger over…
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' Washington Post
When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year.
'Rebus in jail and better than ever ... Surprising, gripping and witty. Rankin has taken the police procedural and transformed into an epic character study of a man and his city ... Nobody does it better.' THE TIMES
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JOHN REBUS SPENT HIS LIFE AS A DETECTIVE PUTTING EDINBURGH'S MOST DEADLY CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS.
NOW, HE'S JOINED THEM.
As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other,…
