Donna Leon

Doctored Evidence

Published 2004-03-03 · 304 pages

When a miserly spinster is found brutally murdered in her Venice apartment, police immediately suspect her Romanian housekeeper. They are certain their job is done after the immigrant dies while fleeing arrest, but weeks later; a neighbor comes forward to defend the innocence of the accused. The only investigator who believes the alibi is Brunetti, who will have to go behind the backs of his superiors to vindicate the Romanian and find her employer's actual killer.

The Anonymous Venetian

Published 1995 · 290 pages

In Venice, Commissioner Brunetti seeks the killer of a man found wearing high heel shoes, his chest and legs shaved. At first glance a routine murder of a transvestite, but closer inspection reveals otherwise.

Unto Us a Son is Given

Wilful Behaviour

Published 2003-03-06 · 320 pages