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Doctored Evidence (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)

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Did you like Doctored Evidence published in March 2005? This is the reprinted edition.

This is the story of the Romanian maid who (allegedly) kills her elderly employer and makes a dash for the border with a forged passport and scads of cash. Just as she is about to be apprehended, the maid made a run for it -- into the path of an oncoming train where the maid made a big splash (so to speak). But the case doesn't end there; it STARTS there. Our beloved Comissario finds that the maid could not possibly have had time to kill her employer and make the dash; the cash is not stolen; and there's more than meets the eye.

Isn't this always the case with Donna Leon's mysteries? Isn't this why we love to read them? This is a top notch crime book - a really good murder mystery and the ever charming Guido Brunetti just makes it all the better.

Definitely worth reading.

I love all of Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti novels. Pretty even in quality, always literate and entertaining. The very BEST one so far of 12 novels that I have read is "Acqua Alta". Full of welcome details about Guido and Paolo's private life. I envy them their family meals - sounds like Paolo is a great cook. Healthful, too. Am parceling out the remaining books, though, and am grateful that Ms. Leon is such a prolific as well as talented, literate, humorous, clever, and often riveting writer.