Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance (UK 2022)

From the Publisher:
'Every detail on every page forms part of a succession of clues, planted with exquisite precision, to unravelling the mystery' Sunday Times

In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, a grave is discovered by the owner of a deserted farmhouse, which has been untouched for decades. While the body is badly decomposed, a valuable signet ring is found close by, providing the first vital clue which will lead Commissario Brunetti right to the heart of aristocratic Venice, to a family still grieving their abducted son.

'Donna Leon can paralyse the reader with a joyful suspense' Mail on Sunday
'Goes a long way to confirming Donna Leon's claim to have taken literary possession of Venice' Independent on Sunday

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance. A Commissario Brunetti Mystery. Penguin, ISBN: 9781529158298 (September, 2022), 288 p., £9.99.

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than a decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever Commissario Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover the threads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity while maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption, and intrigue.

In A Noble Radiance a new landowner is summoned urgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentally unearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, but a ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens an infamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's most aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel the clues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice and that of a family grieving for their abducted son.

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance. A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery. Grove/Atlantic, ISBN: 9780802145796 (Feburary, 2013), 256 p., $14.00.

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, the gardens of a deserted farmhouse have lain untouched for decades. But the new owner, keen for renovations to begin, is summoned urgently to the house when his workmen disturb a macabre grave.

Wild animals have done their grisly work and the human corpse is badly decomposed. Then a valuable signet ring is found close by, providing the first vital clue. It leads Commissario Guido Brunetti right to the heart of aristocratic Venice, to a family still grieving for its abducted son...

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance. Beneath the Surface lies a Dark Secret... Arrow; ISBN: 9780099536666 (August, 2009), 277 p., £7.99.

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance (USA 2009)

From the Publisher:
Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than a decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever Commissario Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover the threads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity while maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption, and intrigue.

In A Noble Radiance a new landowner is summoned urgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentally unearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, but a ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens an infamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's most aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel the clues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice and that of a family grieving for their abducted son.

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance. A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery. Penguin Books; ISBN: 9780143115922 (Feburary, 2009), 256 p., $14.00.

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more than a decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever Commissario Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover the threads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity while maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption, and intrigue.

In A Noble Radiance a new landowner is summoned urgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentally unearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, but a ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens an infamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's most aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel the clues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice and that of a family grieving for their abducted son.

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance. Penguin Books; ISBN: 0142003190 (August, 2003), 277 p., $7.99.

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance (UK 1999)

From the Publisher:
In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites the gardens of a deserted farmhouse have lain untouched for decades. But the now owner, keen for renovations to begin, is summoned urgentlyy to the house when his workmen disturb a macabre grave.

Wild animals have done their grisly work and the human corpse is badly decomposed. Then a valuable signet ring is found close by, providing the first vital clue. It leads Commissario Guido Brunetti right to the heart of aristocratic Venice, to a fmily still grieving for their abducted son...

Donna Leon: A Noble Radiance. Arrow; ISBN: 0099269295 (January, 1999), 289 p., £5.99.