“By far the best” in the New York Times**–bestselling, Macallan Silver Dagger–winning series featuring Venetian detective Commissario Brunetti (** Evening Standard**).**
In this vivid and atmospheric mystery, Commissario Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the construction of Brunetti’s apartment years before. What began as a red tape headache ends in murder when the bureaucrat is later found dead after a mysterious fall from a scaffold. Brunetti starts an investigation that will take him into the unfamiliar and dangerous areas of drug abuse and loan-sharking, and will reveal, once again, what a difference it makes in Venice to have friends in high places.
“Beautifully written and immaculately plotted, Friends in High Places is further proof still that Leon can do no wrong.” — Scotsman
“Carefully plotted and full of colorful as well as sinister characters, this is crime writing of the highest order: powerful, relevant and all too full of human failings.” — The Guardian
“Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment.” — The Sunday Times (London)
“Leon’s best so far . . . I don’t think I could really understand a crime fan who didn’t love Donna Leon.” — Scotland on Sunday
“Leon is a skillful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. Friends in High Places is a splendid read, clever and provoking.” — Observer (UK) **
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Praise for Friends in High Places**:**
Winner of the Crime Writers Association Macallan Silver Dagger Award for Fiction
“Beautifully written and immaculately plotted, Friends in High Places is further proof still that Leon can do no wrong.” *— Scotsman *
“Carefully plotted and full of colorful as well as sinister characters, this is crime writing of the highest order: powerful, relevant and all too full of human failings.” — Guardian**(UK)**
“All Donna Leon’s novels are excellent in their evocation of place, while in Brunetti she has created a character who . . . becomes more real in each book. Friends in High Places is, however, by far the best, and marks a quantum leap forward.” — Evening Standard**(London)**
“Leon’s best so far . . . I don’t think I could really understand a crime fan who didn’t love Donna Leon.” *— Scotland on Sunday *
“Leon is a skilful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. Friends in High Places is a splendid read, clever and provoking.” — Observer**(UK)**
“ Friends in High Places [is an] elegant police procedural set in beautifully imagined Venice.” — Sunday Times**(UK)**
About the Author
Donna Leon is the author of the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series. The winner of the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, among other awards, Donna Leon lived in Venice for many years and now divides her time between Venice and Switzerland.