Quietly in Their Sleep

De: Donna Leon

Narrado por: David Colacci

Resumen del Editor

In the sixth title featuring Donna Leon's ever-charming and sympathetic protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who has had five patients unexpectedly die and decides to leave her convent.

In the course of his inquiries, Brunetti encounters an unusual cast of characters but discovers nothing that seems criminal. Is the nun simply creating a smoke screen to justify abandoning her vocation? Or has she stumbled onto something very real and very sinister - something that places her own life in imminent danger?

A beautiful, suspense-filled novel, Quietly in Their Sleep is Donna Leon at the top of her form.

©1997 Donna Leon (P)2018 Recorded Books

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4 out of 5 stars

De teri_novabern en 04-28-23

Again a deeply personal crime solved

This was another amazingly personal and considered crime tale set in Venice that was visceral and present. I am blessed to be able to experience life in Venice with Guido and his cohorts this one had the added benefit of broaching the Catholic and lay divide. Opus Dei even! Love love love

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5 out of 5 stars

De Maverick’s Trove en 07-11-21

Quietly in Their Sleep

I binged this one, at first I planned on trying to pace myself and the next thing I know its over! I'm happy and sad. I'm happy because of course it means I liked the book a lot but sad at the same time since it's over so quickly. I'm glad there are more.

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4 out of 5 stars

De MolllyT en 05-25-21

Secrets

coercion, discord, church-politics, law-enforcement, family, friendship, attempted-murder, murder-investigation, Venice, murder****

Very convoluted and begins with a premise of murder without any supporting evidence, all presented by a young woman who is only very recently no longer a nun. Brunetti starts to become involved on principle but finds many oddities. Then someone appears to try to kill the young woman and it's an even worse entanglement from then on. An odd plot (I only worked for nuns and I am not a catholic) but compelling.
I do enjoy listening to narrator David Colacci, especially his Italian (or is it Venetian) pronunciations.

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5 out of 5 stars

De Nancy M. en 05-20-23

Layered in storyline

Love the Guido books, love all the descriptive Venice architecture culture and history woven into the mystery. My first one on audio and loved the narrator and his language intonation. Just made it more fascinating. Great series by D. Leon

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4 out of 5 stars

De Al en 12-17-23

What’s worse - religion or Italian corruption?

Slapped the Catholic church re sexual abuses by priests. An obvious geographical setting in Italy - with a heavily anti religious emphasis.

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5 out of 5 stars

De Sybil en 12-19-22

Who Chooses the Narrator?

Donna Leon deserves David Colacci. I wish all talented authors were as fortunate. I wonder if Leon chose her narrator or if some other brilliant person did that.

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5 out of 5 stars

De Cathleen Becskehazy en 03-09-24

Leon’s willingness to be honest about the Catholic church’s power .

I enjoy all Donna Leon’s books. and intend to read all of Inspector’ Brunettes titles.

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5 out of 5 stars

De Nancy Burns-Fusaro en 08-28-22

I love Guido!

Such an enjoyable exciting to listen to a talented narrator speak the beautiful words of Donna Leon!

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4 out of 5 stars

De Texie en 04-08-24

Decent book but not my favorite

I felt the story was lacking in this book. It wasn’t even clear if there was a crime for most of the story. I enjoy the books but this one was kind of boring.

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4 out of 5 stars

De Kindle Gladzor Gospels Mark twai tt the dx7jp9p. en 10-30-18

The narrator makes this book!

I have listened to all of Donna Leon’s books available on audio. I enjoy her Brunetti character very much, and her plots. But what makes them come alive is David Colacci’s reading. His beautiful Italian accented English is never overdone, and different for each character.

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