03091cam a2200325 4500 480279380 TxAuBib 20210125120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781555849023 1555849024 B0097CWN16 Amazon 98723045-68ad-4a72-8684-d36a22fac7c5 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1268923 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Leon, Donna, 1942- Friends in High Places [Libby eBook] : A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, Book 9. Grove Atlantic, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 13MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>"By far the best" in the <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling, Macallan Silver Dagger–</b><b>winning series featuring Venetian detective Commissario Brunetti (<i>Evening Standard</i>).</b><br /> <br /> In this vivid and atmospheric mystery, Commissario Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the construction of Brunetti's apartment years before. What began as a red tape headache ends in murder when the bureaucrat is later found dead after a mysterious fall from a scaffold. Brunetti starts an investigation that will take him into the unfamiliar and dangerous areas of drug abuse and loan-sharking, and will reveal, once again, what a difference it makes in Venice to have friends in high places.<br /> <br /> "Beautifully written and immaculately plotted, <i>Friends in High Places</i> is further proof still that Leon can do no wrong." —<i>Scotsman</i><br /> <br /> "Carefully plotted and full of colorful as well as sinister characters, this is crime writing of the highest order: powerful, relevant and all too full of human failings." <b>—</b><i>The Guardian</i><br /> <br /> "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." —<i>The Sunday Times (London)</i><br /> <br /> "Leon's best so far . . . I don't think I could really understand a crime fan who didn't love Donna Leon." <b>—</b><i>Scotland on Sunday</i><br /> <br /> "Leon is a skillful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. <i>Friends in High Places</i> is a splendid read, clever and provoking." <b>—</b><i>Observer</i> (UK.) Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-01-25 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/friends-in-high-987230?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/friends-in-high-987230?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/friends-in-high-987230?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)