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Death in a Strange Country
Commissario Brunetti's 2nd Case
Published by Diogenes as Endstation Venedig
Original Title: Death in a Strange Country
Early one morning Guido Brunetti, Commissario of the Venice Police, confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid Venetian canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the robbery motive seems altogether too convenient. Then something very incriminating is discovered in the dead man's flat, something which points to the existence of a high level cabal - and Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody, somewhere, is taking great pains to provide a ready-made solution to the crime.
»Brunetti ... long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives.«
Evening Standard, London
»Slips along like a motorised gondola.«
Oxford Times
»Commissario Brunetti, most charismatic current Euro-cop, uncovers deadly ants' nest of corruption. Highly accomplished, scary read.«
Guardian
»Brunetti ... is the most humane sleuth since Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret ... He is a decent man [who achieves] a quiet heroism.«
The Philadelphia Inquirer
»Leon's books shimmer in the grace of their setting and are warmed by the charm of their characters.«
The New York Times Book Review