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Death at La Fenice : a novel of suspense

Death at La Fenice is the first novel in Donna Leon's internationally best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series. During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, a notoriously difficult conductor is poisoned, and suspects abound. Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine play a role. The novel that started it all, Death at La Fenice is an entrancing mystery, rich in atmosphere.?Few detective writers create so vivid, inclusive and convincing a narrative as Donna Leon, the expatriate American with the Venetian heart. ... One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever."? The Washington Post.

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  • "Death at La Fenice"
  • "Venganza en el gran teatro de la ópera"@es
  • "Bedrieglijke zaken"

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  • "Death at La Fenice is the first novel in Donna Leon's internationally best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series. During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, a notoriously difficult conductor is poisoned, and suspects abound. Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine play a role. The novel that started it all, Death at La Fenice is an entrancing mystery, rich in atmosphere.?Few detective writers create so vivid, inclusive and convincing a narrative as Donna Leon, the expatriate American with the Venetian heart. ... One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever."? The Washington Post."@en
  • "Investigating the poisoning death of a world-renowned conductor, vice-commissario Guido Brunetti of Venice sifts through the dead man's many enemies, uncovering a life of depravity and revenge that makes Brunetti question his own morals."
  • "Guido Brunetti mystery."
  • "The celebrated opera house, La Fenice, has seen its share of death. But nothing so horrific and violent as that of conductor, Maestro Helmut Wellauer, poisoned during a performance of La Traviata. Commissario of Police, Guido Brunetti, has to step behind the lights into the bitchy world of opera to investigate."
  • "Tijdens een pauze in de opvoering van La Traviata in de opera van Venetië wordt een beroemd dirigent dood aangetroffen."
  • "Tijdens een pauze in de opvoering van La Traviata in de opera van Venetië wordt een beroemde dirigent dood aangetroffen."
  • "Les amateurs d'opéra sont réunis à la Fenice de Venise où ce soir-là, Wellauer, le célébrissime chef d'orchestre allemand, dirige La Traviata. La sonnerie annonçant la fin de l'entracte retentit, les spectateurs regagnent leur place, les musiciens s'installent, les brouhahas cessent, tout le monde attend le retour du maestro. Les minutes passent, le silence devient pesant, Wellauer n'est toujours pas là... il gît dans sa loge, mort. Le commissaire Guido Brunetti, aussitôt dépêché sur les lieux, conclut rapidement à un empoisonnement au cyanure. Le très respecté musicien avait-il des ennemis ? Dans les coulisses de l'opéra, Guido Brunetti découvre l'envers du décor. [Source : 4e de couverture]."
  • "The twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Even the opera house, La Fenice, has seen its share of death. But nothing so horrific as that of world-famous conductor, Maestro Helmut Wellauer - poisoned during a performance of La Traviata. Even Commissario of Police Guido Brunetti is shocked at the number of enemies Wellauer has made on his way to the top - but just how many have motive enough for murder?"@en
  • "When renowned opera conductor Helmut Wellauer is found dead in his dressing room, the victim of cyanide poisoning, Guido Brunetti, the Vice Commissario of the Venice police, must sift through several suspects."@en
  • "When renowned opera conductor Helmut Wellauer is found dead in his dressing room, the victim of cyanide poisoning, Guido Brunetti, the Vice Commissario of the Venice police, must sift through several suspects."
  • "A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery, set in Venice."@en
  • "Une enqut̊e du commissaire Brunetti ̉propos de la mort suspecte d'un chef d'orchestre ̉Venise. Ambiances, con̐cidences et violences. [SDM]."
  • "Na de gifmoord op een befaamde dirigent ontdekt een Venetiaanse politiecommissaris dat de musicus vele vijanden had."
  • "The first Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery."

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  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Eleberri beltza"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Detective and mystery"
  • "Translations"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "German language materials"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Mystery"
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Novela negra"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery stories, American"
  • "Powieść kryminalna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Large type books"
  • "Anglicky psané romány"
  • "Roman policier américain"
  • "Musical fiction"
  • "Musical fiction"@en

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  • "Morte no Teatro La Fenice"
  • "Mort à La Fenice"
  • "Muerte en La Fenice"@es
  • "Muerte en La Fenice"
  • "Venezianisches Finale : Commissario Brunettis erster Fall : Roman"
  • "Les enquêtes de Brunetti"
  • "Muerte en la fenice"
  • "Muerte en la Fenice"@es
  • "Shi no Fenīchie Gekijō"
  • "Operada cinayet"
  • "Death at La Fenice : a novel of suspense"@en
  • "Death at La Fenice : a novel of suspense"
  • "Death at la Fenice"
  • "Venezianisches Finale : Commissario Brunettis erster Fall"
  • "Smertʹ v "La Feniche" : [roman]"
  • "Smert v "La Feniche""
  • "Death at la Fenice : a novel of suspense"
  • "Death at la fenice"
  • "Kuolema oopperassa"
  • "Kuolema oopperassa"@fi
  • "Mort à La Fenice : roman"
  • "Venezianisches Finale Commissario Brunettis erster Fall ; Roman"
  • "Śmierć w La Fenice"@pl
  • "Śmierć w La Fenice"
  • "Smrt u teatru La Feniče"
  • "Venecijanski finale"
  • "Death at La Fenice : a Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery"@en
  • "Death at La Fenice : a Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery"
  • "Venezianisches Finale Commissario Brunettis erster Fall"
  • "Mort à La Fenice [roman]"
  • "Venezianisches Finale : Commissario Brunettis erster Fall : roman"
  • "死のフェニーチェ劇場"
  • "Heriotza La Fenicen"
  • "Operada Cinayet"
  • "Shi no fenīchie gekijō"@ja
  • "Mort à la Fenice : roman"
  • "Mort a La Fenice"
  • "Mort a La Fenice"@ca
  • "Méregpohár az operában"
  • "Dood van een maestro"
  • "Cián Velencében"
  • "Cián Velencében"@hu
  • "Death at La Fenice : [the first Guido Brunetti mystery]"
  • "Venecijanski finale : [commissario Brunetti istražuje]"
  • "Smrt v beneški operi"@sl
  • "Smrt v Opeře : první případ komisaře Brunettiho"
  • "Venezianisches finale : Commissario Brunetti's erster fall"
  • "Mort a la Fenice"
  • "Death at La Fenice"@en
  • "Death at La Fenice"
  • "Venezianisches Finale : Commissario Brunettis erster Fall ; Roman"
  • "Venezianisches Finale Commissario Brunettis erster Fall : Roman"
  • "Mort à la Fenice"
  • "Mirtis La Fenice teatre : įtampos romanas"
  • "Smrt v beneški operi : [komisar Brunetti razreši prvi primer]"@sl
  • "Morte no La Fenice"
  • "Mort à la Fenice roman"
  • "Finale i Venedig : spændingsroman"@da

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