Their interaction is beautifully done and I particularly enjoy the chemistry between Guido and Paola…. I find the Brunetti family really interesting and fascinating. The intelligent and sensitive manner in which Brunetti deals with suspects is done so well. Brunetti is not pleased with the situation as he was due to start his leave and take his family to a vacation in the mountains.Īt first, the body is thought to be of a male transvestite prostitute but when it’s identified as a married man and the director of the Bank of Verona, it seems that there is something more than just a prostituted murdered by a client.īrunetti’s investigation uncovers a world of corruption, where powerful men are using male prostitutes as decoys in the scam involving illegal property rentals in Venice. Despite the case falling under the Mestre police department, Brunetti is sent to investigate due to a shortage of detectives in that station. Thanks Donna, and again, I am sorry it took me so long to dive into Commissario Brunetti!ĭressed to Kill, the 3rd book in Donna Leon’s Commissario Brunetti Series starts with a body found behind a slaughterhouse in Marghera. Also a new character, Elettera who is the secretary for Vice-Questorre Patta (who himself has problems!!). Here we are kept waiting until the very end for justice to prevail, or at least we hope it will! Filled with local Venetian landmarks, humor, and murder, we find Brunetti at his very best. We have quite a few deaths that derive from this initial murder and all of them seem to be connected to a Morality League, but yet there is no physical evidence of this. Heck we do not even know that much for almost the first 100 pages. Was he a cross-dressing whore? Was he a closet gay man? What is the story behind this man, and who is he. What makes this different is that the man is wearing red womens shoes and a red dress. This time he is on the trail of a murderer who has killed a man who is found in the field outside a slaughterhouse. Just another super job with Commissario Brunetti. I LOVE THIS SERIES!!! Set in Venice, I love the plots and characters. Donna Leon, I am sorry! I apologize for not reading any of your books until this year (2020).

Dressed for Death by Alexa Sharpe