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And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction.

Donna Leon

And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction.

Tags: italy, venice

Life had taught him to be profoundly suspicious of coincidence, and it had similarly taught him to view any seemingly random conjunction of events or persons as coincidence and thus be suspicious of t...

Donna Leon

Life had taught him to be profoundly suspicious of coincidence, and it had similarly taught him to view any seemingly random conjunction of events or persons as coincidence and thus be suspicious of t...

Tags: randomness

About Author
Donna Leon (; born September 28, 1942) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. The novels are written in English, and have been translated into many foreign languages, although – at Leon's request – not into Italian, as she formerly lived there, still visits monthly, and prefers not to have recognition in the country.

Well, he'd gone this far, animated by nothing more noble than curiosity, he told himself as he studied the face of the man in the mirror, pushing his collar down over his neatly knotted tie. The man's...

Donna Leon

Well, he'd gone this far, animated by nothing more noble than curiosity, he told himself as he studied the face of the man in the mirror, pushing his collar down over his neatly knotted tie. The man's...

Tags: mystery, police procedural, venice

I think people prefer to remember happy times, well, happier times, and if they can't remember them, then to change the memories and make them happier.

Donna Leon

I think people prefer to remember happy times, well, happier times, and if they can't remember them, then to change the memories and make them happier.

Tags: venice

Guilo, although a lawyer, never lied; at least not to his friends.

Donna Leon

Guilo, although a lawyer, never lied; at least not to his friends.

Tags: lawyers, liars

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, dear friends and companions: we are here today to say goodbye to our brother Andrea, who to many of us was far more than a friend. He was healer and helper, someon...

Donna Leon

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, dear friends and companions: we are here today to say goodbye to our brother Andrea, who to many of us was far more than a friend. He was healer and helper, someon...

Her mask gave no sign of how this affected her.

Donna Leon

Her mask gave no sign of how this affected her.

Tags: expression, mask

I raised my hand and asked if God was a spirit. And he said yes, He was. So I asked if it was right that a spirit was different from a person because it didn't have a body, wasn't material. And when h...

Donna Leon

I raised my hand and asked if God was a spirit. And he said yes, He was. So I asked if it was right that a spirit was different from a person because it didn't have a body, wasn't material. And when h...

Tags: chiara, god, religion

He hesitated then, anticipating the panic that came when there was nothing left to read.- Guido Brunetti

Donna Leon

He hesitated then, anticipating the panic that came when there was nothing left to read.- Guido Brunetti

With renewing his offer of

Donna Leon

With renewing his offer of

Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...

Donna Leon

Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...

He looked down at the glass again. ‘I care that these things happen, that we poison ourselves and our progeny, that we knowingly destroy our future, but I do not believe that there is anything - and I...

Donna Leon

He looked down at the glass again. ‘I care that these things happen, that we poison ourselves and our progeny, that we knowingly destroy our future, but I do not believe that there is anything - and I...

Women don’t use knives,’ Griffoni answered, reciting it as though she were Euclid listing another axiom. Although he agreed with her, Brunetti was curious about the basis for her belief. ‘You offering...

Donna Leon

Women don’t use knives,’ Griffoni answered, reciting it as though she were Euclid listing another axiom. Although he agreed with her, Brunetti was curious about the basis for her belief. ‘You offering...

If you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think about is cigarettes. It seems logical enough to me that if you tell a person he can't h...

Donna Leon

If you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think about is cigarettes. It seems logical enough to me that if you tell a person he can't h...

Tags: paola, religion, sex

We work in a profession that has consequences for the heart,

Donna Leon

We work in a profession that has consequences for the heart,

His clothing marked him as Italian. The cadence of his speech announced that he was Venetian. His eyes were all policeman.

Donna Leon

His clothing marked him as Italian. The cadence of his speech announced that he was Venetian. His eyes were all policeman.

Well, there’d be no determining breed with this one: he was as much Bergamasco as Labrador, as much spaniel as hound. He was happy, that was evident, and perhaps that’s all a dog needed to be and all...

Donna Leon

Well, there’d be no determining breed with this one: he was as much Bergamasco as Labrador, as much spaniel as hound. He was happy, that was evident, and perhaps that’s all a dog needed to be and all...

That first time, we talked about the servant, who had influenza, but when I came back, we somehow started to talk about Greek poetry. And that led to a discussion, if I remember correctly, of Greek an...

Donna Leon

That first time, we talked about the servant, who had influenza, but when I came back, we somehow started to talk about Greek poetry. And that led to a discussion, if I remember correctly, of Greek an...

He hesitated then, anticipating the panic that came when there was nothing left to read

Donna Leon

He hesitated then, anticipating the panic that came when there was nothing left to read

Though everyone in the bar knew who he was, no one asked him about the death, though one old man did rustle his newspaper suggestively.

Donna Leon

Though everyone in the bar knew who he was, no one asked him about the death, though one old man did rustle his newspaper suggestively.

Tags: mystery