Quietly in Their Sleep [Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Donna Leon (Author), Anna Fields (Narrator)

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786196858
• ISBN-13: 978-0786196852
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,858,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some deaths in Venice, February 4, 2005

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Linda Pagliuco "katknit" (CT, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quietly in Their Sleep (Audio Cassette)

An audio version of a title apparently not in print format, Quietly in Their Sleep caught my eye on the shelves of the public library. I always enjoy Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti novels because she always tells a compelling story about good vs evil, morality vs venality, in the context of Brunetti's life as an incorruptible police officer and devoted husband and father. This particular story is relevant for its subplot involving child abuse by priests, a topic never far from our headlines here in the US. If you are a devout Christian or Catholic, I would advise you not to read this book, for it questions many aspects of Holy Mother Church as it functions today as well as in history. But it is not disrespectful, at least not IMO. Quietlly in Their Sleep is also relevant for its depiction of a functional ( as opposed to dysfunctional) and intact family headed by two working parents of two normal teens. Both Guido and wife Paola are highly intelligent, and while their marriage and their mutual sense of morality is strong, they quite frequently disagree with one another over the situations that cross their paths as parents and professionals. Quietly in Their Sleep is a mystery with a gripping plot,and its characters and settings are genuine and refreshing, anything but sterotypical. And it's fun to read about everyday life in exotic Venice too.
A final comment: I listen to a lot of audio books and often find the narrators irritating. But Anna Fields is one of the best.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a retitled release., April 3, 2005

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Melita Kennedy "transplanted buckeye" (Highland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quietly in Their Sleep (Audio Cassette)

This is the audio version of _Death of Faith_ which came out in 1997.

Guido Brunetti, his family and colleagues, and of course, the city of Venice, take part in wonderful mysteries.