Des amis haut placés
2000 • 274 pages

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“By far the best” in the New York Times–bestselling, Macallan Silver Dagger–winning series featuring Venetian detective Commissario Brunetti (Evening Standard). 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. “Beautifully written and immaculately plotted, Friends in High Places is further proof still that Leon can do no wrong.” —Scotsman “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.” —The Guardian “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.” —The Sunday Times (London) “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 “Leon is a skillful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. Friends in High Places is a splendid read, clever and provoking.” —Observer (UK)


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32 primary books33 released books

#9 in Commissario Brunetti

Commissario Brunetti is a 33-book series with 33 released primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Donna Leon and Roberta Pianaro.

#1
Mort à la Fenice
#2
Death in a Strange Country
#2
Dood in den vreemde
#3
Dressed for Death
#4
A Venetian Reckoning
#5
Acqua Alta
#6
Péchés mortels
#7
A Noble Radiance
#8
Fatal Remedies
#9
Des amis haut placés
#10
A Sea of Troubles
#11
Willful Behavior

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