Earthly Remains

De: Donna Leon

Narrado por: David Rintoul

Random House presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Earthly Remains by Donna Leon, read by David Rintoul.

During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Commissario Guido Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to regret. In the aftermath he begins to doubt his career choices and realises that he needs a break from the stifling problems of his work.

Granted leave from the Questura, Brunetti is shipped off by his wife, Paola, to a villa owned by a wealthy relative on Sant'Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the Venetian laguna. There he intends to pass his days rowing and his nights reading Pliny's Natural History. The recuperative stay goes according to plan, and Brunetti is finally able to relax until Davide Casati, the caretaker of the house, goes missing following a sudden storm. Nobody can find him - not his daughter, not his friends, and not the woman he'd been secretly visiting. Now Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his holiday and discover what happened to the man who had recently become his friend.

In Earthly Remains, Donna Leon shows Venice through an insider's eyes. From family meals and vaporetti rides to the never-ending influx of tourists and suffocating political corruption, the details and rhythms of everyday Venetian life are at the core of this thrilling novel and of the terrible crime at its heart.

©2017 Donna Leon (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks

Slow, gappy, disappointing

The build to the mystery took a very long time, I thought it migh have been a travelogue for the first ten+ chapters. There holes holes in explanation that left one confused with “but why would he do that?” questions. If there is no sequel it felt unfinished. If there is one I feel ripped off. I read a lot of mysteries and thrillers and this is a “money back please” for me.