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It's number 18 for Donna Leon's exciting Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series and Ms Leon latest, "About Face," is just as entrancing, captivating, absorbing, and, yes, even mesmerizing as the previous 17. Not one to be shy about addresses pertinent, socially significant issues, Leon, through Brunetti, has long cited the discrepancies in Italian society, especially in Venice, a city in which she lives and, in her words, loves. This affection is clearly shown in her works, of course, but she does fire both barrels at her targets. In "About Face," Brunetti meets the quintessential Italian beauty at a dinner party at his father-in-law's, who, because of her knowledge… Read more
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It's quite good news to find yet another episode of the "sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan"--he's been gone far too long for my taste! Now, Paul Doherty, prolific as he is, has returned to this series, my favorite of all of them. In "The House of Shadows," we find the good brother all involved with his parish and their annual mystery play for Christmas. In past episodes we've shared not only his sorrows but his triumphs and joys, and most importantly his sleuthing skills. He loves a murder--to solve. And, once again,
he has not only one murder, but a series of them. What's a simple friar to do? Well, for starters, to solve them. And with his usual finesse and brilliance, he… Read more
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George Herman certainly deserves credit for not only writing a spirited, often hilarious, tale set in early 16th century Italy, but for taking, literally, the Literary Bull by the Horns and presenting a delightful, mesmerizing story with equally mesmerizing characters. "Carnival of Saints" shows Herman's influence of some real masters, notably Boccaccio and Chaucer. This is no "tale told by an idiot," to borrow Shakespeare, but it's a story of some original misfits, nine altogether, who are on a Grand Journey, metaphorically speaking, to right a few wrongs, as it were. While Herman's story does not take the form of "The Decameron" or "The Canterbury… Read more
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