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Wilful Behaviour

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Wilful Behaviour

By: Donna Leon
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
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When one of his wife Paola's students comes to visit him, with a strange and vague interest in investigating the possibility of a pardon for a crime committed by her grandfather many years ago, Commissario Brunetti thinks little of it, beyond being intrigued and attracted by the girl's intelligence and moral seriousness. But when she is found murdered, clearly stabbed to death, Claudia Leonardo is suddenly no longer simply Paola's student, but Brunetti's case ...

©2002 Donna Leon (P)2012 Random House AudioGO Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Fiction Crime Student Suspense

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Would you listen to Wilful Behaviour again? Why?

Maybe, depends when. A trick is clever really only once. In particular when it comes to crime novels.

What other book might you compare Wilful Behaviour to, and why?

The other Commissario Brunetti novels are somewhat similar, but rather entertaining. Predictable good fun!

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Signorina Elettra's moments on the computer are always fun.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No, not really

Any additional comments?

Great narrator, unfortunately a certain grasp of Italian might have been useful. 'Tshiara' was particularly painful.

Predictable good fun by Leon

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I enjoyed Steven Crossley's reading of C. J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake novels.

Hiowever, his reading of Wilful Behaviour grates.

It is not his godawful Italian pronunciation (my wife is from Venice by the way), it is just that I keep hearing Matthew Shardlake, Jack Barak, Ellen Fettiplace and others.

I kept expecting to hear Vianello (Barak) refer to people he didn't like as "arseholes" which of course Vianello would never do.

Very off-putting!

Crossly seemingly has a box of voices which he uses whatever the book.

Stick to Shardlake Mr. Crosskey!

Shardlake or Commissario Brunetti?

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I really liked Crossley's performance.
All voices spoke as though they were English with individual accents of class and nature, except when they were not Italian and they spoke English as though it were their second language with their own national accent coming through.
Good story, rather complex, but enjoyable.
I would like the Brunetti family to adopt me - they eat so well!

Crossley gets it right

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Really well read, Donna Leon never fails to craft spell binding story but the food and family are a great supporting cast off to download next one

Food, books and the joy family, oh yes fascinating crime

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A decent story but the narration is horrendous. The women's voices are ridiculous and one of the male characters sounds like he's from the east end of London.

Awful narration

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