A Noble Radiance (Commissario Brunetti Book 7)

In this gripping intellectual mystery from the New York Times bestselling series, Commissario Brunetti delves into the shadows of a Venetian family's past. A Noble Radiance tells the story of a new landowner who is urgently summoned to his house near Venice after workmen accidentally unearth a macabre grave. The badly decomposed human corpse leads to a ring that reopens a notorious kidnapping case involving one of Venice's most aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti has the skills to unravel the clues and navigate the complex world of patrician Venice and a grief-stricken family searching for their abducted son.

The book goes a long way to solidify Donna Leon's hold on Venice, offering readers a taste of summer holidays while delivering much more than that. Each detail in A Noble Radiance is a meticulously planted clue in a sequence that unravels the mystery in exquisite precision, as observed by The Independent on Sunday and The Sunday Times. Brunetti is portrayed as an intelligent and somewhat world-weary individual who believes in his cause despite questioning the system itself—an ideal protagonist for this culturally rich mystery, according to Publishers Weekly.

Donna Leon's detective novels with Commissario Brunetti have the power to captivate readers with suspense, transporting them to the enchanting surroundings of Venice and making them fall in love with the central character and his wife, as praised by the Mail on Sunday.

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