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Drawing Conclusions
- A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Summary
When Anna Maria Giusti returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour Constanza Altavilla dead, with blood on the floor near her head, she immediately alerts the police. Commissario Brunetti is called to the scene and it seems the woman has suffered a fatal heart attack. Patta, the Vice-Questore, is eager to dismiss the case as a death from natural causes, but Brunetti believes that there is more to it.
It soon transpires that there are some faint bruises around her neck and shoulders, indicating she may have been shaken. Could this have caused a heart attack? Was someone threatening her?
Meanwhile, Brunetti meets Signora Altavilla’s son, Niccolini, who tells him that since her retirement she had been helping out at a nearby nursing home. Brunetti visits the home with Ispettore Vianello to try and find any information that might be connected to the case. While they speak to those she spent the most time with, it appears that there is some hostility between the residents, which raises Brunetti’s suspicions. Once again, he enlists the help of Signorina Elettra, who discovers that Signora Altavilla was involved with an organisation that helped women at risk, providing them with a safe house. Could this have something to do with her death?
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- Annie Honjo
- 13-05-11
Intelligent, erudite and thoroughly absorbing.
This is an astonishingly intricate work of fiction. The plot is complex but not complicated; the characters are very believable and are sensitively drawn; the Venetian landscape bubbles beautifully under the story without ever trying to take centre stage. I also found our policeman's day-to-day life every bit as enthralling as the mystery he is trying to unravel. Donna Leon draws the reader/listener into the life of this ordinary Italian policeman and allows you a glimpse into a home life that you feel could very well be that of millions of other Italians. Andrew Sachs is superb. His narrative voice is compelling and his effortless, subtle transition between the various voices can fool you into thinking you are listening to a whole cast of different characters.
I don't often give audiobooks a second listen, but I will be happy to hear this one again before too long. Excellent. The best in my library so far.
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- Dr. Janet Martin Soskice
- 02-06-21
Unsatisfactory and formulaic
Whether the book or the abridgement, somehow this didn’t work. A story line of a translator and her boyfriend is introduced and then vanishes. Brunetti seems to have nothing to do and the investigating is done by Signorina Electra. Leon’s editor should be ashamed.
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- kay
- 20-08-12
A Book Club Read
Where does Drawing Conclusions rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Easy listening whilst walking my pup in the park. Enjoyed listening a second time to fill the gaps and will definitely listen again and recommend to my family. Andrew Sachs was a brilliant narrator.
Would you recommend Drawing Conclusions to your friends? Why or why not?
I have already recommended it to my book club and would definitely recommend to friends but not to all of them. It is a good read but some what sanitised.
What about Andrew Sachs’s performance did you like?
OMG he is so easy to listen to. Would definitely listen to him read again. Awesome!
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Lets meet at 10 to interview the suspect.
Any additional comments?
A detective who is married and balances work and family life. He listens, thinks, shares and listens again before he reacts. Love him.