Event | "Murder in Venice": The Commissario Guido Brunetti Series
鈥淔ew detective writers create so vivid, inclusive, and convincing a narrative as Donna Leon鈥ne of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever.鈥�鈥�Washington Post
Join crime聽novelists Donna Leon and Judith Flanders for a conversation exploring the聽newest installment of聽Leon's聽much beloved, New York Times bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series set in Venice. With TRACE ELEMENTS, the twenty-ninth novel in the series, a woman鈥檚 cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region. Rich and mysterious with the colours of Venetian life, an unusual cocktail of atmosphere and event, Leon and Flanders'聽will explore the writers' process, and introduce audiences to a聽Venice only insiders know.聽
Doors open at 17:00, with the talk beginning at 17:30.
Presented in collaboration with the聽Friends of the 缅北强奸 Library, and with the generous support of Ron Harvie (Ph.D. 缅北强奸 Art History, 1999) and Doug Bagguley.
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Donna Leon聽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.
Judith Flanders聽is the author of the bestselling聽The Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed(2003);聽A Circle of Sisters聽(2001), which was nominated for the聽Guardian聽First Book Award; the聽New York Timesbestselling聽The Invention of Murder聽(2001), shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-fiction;聽The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens鈥� London聽(2012), shortlisted for the聽Los Angeles Times聽History Book of the Year; and聽The Making of Home聽(2014). She is also the author of Christmas: A Biography (2017). In her copious leisure time, she also writes the Sam Clair series of comic crime novels.
