Give Unto Others

By Donna Leon,

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**An Instant New York Times Bestseller**

Brunetti is forced to confront the price of loyalty, to his past and in his work, as a seemingly innocent request leads him into troubling waters

What role can or should loyalty play in the life of a police inspector? It’s a question Commissario…

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1 author picked Give Unto Others as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I really enjoy Donna Leon’s series about the Venice police detective, Guido Brunetti, and am about to start her latest (no 32 in the series!).

Give Unto Others is an enjoyable murder mystery story, but the aspects of these books I most love are the characters and the setting. Leon makes you feel you are wandering in and out of Venice bars and restaurants and jumping on and off vaporetti and police launches with Brunetti. He navigates the city and the social networks on the trail of clues. Leon’s lead character is intelligent, compassionate, and humorous.

His interactions with colleagues…

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