Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers. She is an
award-winning crime novelist celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived
in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland Saudi Arabia Iran and China
where she worked as a teacher. Donna¿s books have been translated into 35 languages and have
been published around the world. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all
been highly acclaimed including Friends in High Places which won the CWA Macallan Silver
Dagger for Fiction Fatal Remedies Doctored Evidence A Sea of Troubles and Beastly Things.
