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  • By: Donna Leon
  • Narrated by: David Rintoul
  • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary

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

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  • 30-04-17

Donna Leon paints with words.

This book is based not so much in Venice but out on the Venitian Laguna. I just really appreciate the detailed picture of the surroundings that Donna Leon creates. You can see the scene so clearly. I throughly enjoyed the book, although the subject she has written about is a pretty distressing one. It all seems to be centred around one character but as Guido Brunetti starts to ask questions about his new friend it becomes apparent that there is something more complex in his past.

I have listened to all the Brunetti books that Audible has and was so pleased to see that another had been released. Lovely to be whisked off to Venice and the Islands of the Lagoon again. Also to catch up with the characters that bring it all to life. A fantastic series of books. Highly recommend.

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Another Venetian tale for a few hours relaxation

Where does Earthly Remains rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

As a light novel, it is well written and the narrator is familiar with the type of books that Donna Leon writes. I look forward to the next one.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Brunetti of course. He is wonderful and makes one wish that there were real policemen like him.

Have you listened to any of David Rintoul’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Yes. Always good.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Absolutely. A good story, nice background and excellent narration.

Any additional comments?

More please.

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An unsettling crime

Donna Leon takes us and her ever fascinating commissioner on a new direction thinking deeply about ecology and man's ability to destroy the earth. This theme has so far been most discnerable in the voice of Bruneti's daughter Ciara. Although not essential it might be wise to read a couple of the older books in the series so as to know the characters better. Hugely enjoyable and troubling in equal measure.

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Vivid storytelling

Transports the reader into the inner landscape of Brunetti and the deep waves and troughs of living in this polluting world where salvation is found in cherishing bees and flowers and human kindness and understanding. It paints in words, as another reader has said,
the whole gamut of human potential good and bad against a backdrop of both natural beauty and dark satanic “business ventures”
The thread that runs through this is integrity in all its many forms and resilience, I think an excellent book very well narrated.

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