Give Unto Others by Donna Leon

Give Unto Others by Donna Leon

A GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF 2022 'Crime writing of the highest order' GUARDIAN 'Donna Leon has been giving unto us for all of the thirty years since Death at La Fenice introduced us to Brunetti' Val McDermid The gifted Venetian detective returns in his 31st case - this time, investigating the Janus-faced nature of yet another Italian institution. Brunetti will have to once again face the blurred line that runs between the criminal and the non-criminal, bending police rules, and his own character, to help an acquaintance in danger. 'Both tremendously enjoyable and deeply humane' JESSIE GREENGRASS, Costa-shortlisted author of The High House 'Leon's elegant, witty prose . . . is a joy' AMANDA CRAIG

Crime writing of the highest order * Guardian *
The series that has shadowed Brunetti for three decades is an epic achievement - in its own way quite the equal of Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time * The Times *
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 *
Virtually every page contains a sentence that demands to be quoted ... reading Leon is always an uplifting experience -- Mark Sanderson * The Times *
Leon started out with offhand, elegant excellence, and has simply kept it up * Guardian *
Donna Leon has been giving unto us for all of the thirty years since Death at La Fenice introduced us to Brunetti -- Val McDermid
Leon's elegant, witty prose . . . is a joy. One of the best European novelists around -- Amanda Craig
Give Unto Others is both tremendously enjoyable and deeply humane. As much about love as it is about crime, and rich with Venetian detail -- Jessie Greengrass, Costa-shortlisted author of The High House
It may be Donna Leon's 80th birthday this year, but it is her readers who will be getting a present, in the form of a new Commissario Brunetti novel -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *
Give Unto Others is no less mysteriously compulsive than its 30 predecessors . . . Thanks for giving such civilised pleasure for half a lifetime -- AN Wilson * The Tablet *
A gently paced, emotionally acute story of betrayal and revenge. * Mail on Sunday *
Sumptuous and intensely satisfying, it reminds us what an extraordinary gift Leon has given us * Daily Mail Ireland *

Donna Leon is author of the much-loved, best-selling series of novels featuring Commissario Brunetti and one of The Times 50 Greatest Crime Writers. Widely considered one of the best detective series ever, with admirers including Ursula K. Le Guin and Antonia Fraser, the Brunetti Mysteries have won numerous awards around the world and been translated into thirty-five languages.


After teaching English in Saudi Arabia, Iran and China Donna Leon moved to Venice in 1981, having fallen in love with the city, its food, culture and people. A fluent Italian speaker, she lived there for thirty years before moving to Switzerland, though she still spends around a week each month in the City of Bridges - she has said about Venice, 'Where else in the world is everything you look at beautiful?'


Published when she was 49, the idea for Donna Leon's debut novel Death at La Fenice came about when she attended a rehearsal at Venice's Teatro La Fenice opera house. A friend muttered, 'I could kill the conductor', and the idea of the plot was born, along with the character of Guido Brunetti. Feverishly writing the manuscript in between shifts at her day job teaching military personnel at a nearby US Army barracks she left it in a desk for a year before being encouraged by a friend to submit it for the Suntory Mystery Fiction Grand Prize.


Awarded the Prize, along with a two-book publishing contract, Donna Leon has written a new Brunetti mystery every year since. Published in her eightieth year, Give Unto Others is the thirty-first.

'The series that has shadowed Brunetti for three decades is an epic achievement - in its own way quite the equal of Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time.' - The Times

'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

'Leon started out with offhand, elegant excellence, and has simply kept it up.' - The Guardian

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ISBN 13	9781529151602
ISBN 10	1529151600
Title	Give Unto Others
Author	Donna Leon
Series	A Commissario Brunetti Mystery
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	2022-03-03
Number of pages	304
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