The latest Commissario Brunetti novel, which is sure to be a bestseller in paperback. 'The very first sentences of "About Face" showcase Donna Leon's elegant, effortless style...another great Brunetti outing' "Independent"

Donna Leon has lived in Venice for thirty years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher . 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, Through a Glass, Darkly, Suffer the Little Children, The Girl of His Dreams and, most recently, Drawing Conclusions.

[a] brilliant series. Seven, Sunday Telegraph Super sleuth Brunetti again patrols Venice's dark canal ways in this Italian crimefest. Once again, Brunetti proves he's more than a match for the local mob. Mirror The very first sentences of About Face showcase Donna Leon's elegant, effortless style...another great Brunetti outing ... The details of home-cooked meals and family arguments, alongside a never-ending flow of crime, add depth to Leon's stories and are what makes her characters so believable and, in turn, her books so readable. Independent a thoroughly enjoyable and atmospheric read. Waterstones Books Quarterly The Brunetti series is dependably enjoyable...There are fine scenes of sustained dialogue, notably an exchange between Brunetti and the Count, his father-in-law, over a pair of portraits, that deserves to be called Jamesian. TLS