About Face: Book summary and reviews of About Face by Donna Leon

About Face Summary

Incinerators across the south of Italy are at full capacity, burning who-knows-what and releasing unacceptable levels of dangerous air pollutants, while in Naples, enormous garbage piles grow in the streets. In Venice, with the polluted waters of the canals and a major chemical complex across the lagoon, the issue is never far from the fore.

Environmental concerns become significant in Brunetti’s work when an investigator from the Carabiniere, looking into the illegal hauling of garbage, asks for a favor. But the investigator is not the only one with a special request. His father-in-law needs help and a mysterious woman comes into the picture. Brunetti soon finds himself in the middle of an investigation into murder and corruption more dangerous than anything he’s seen before.

About Face Reviews

"It's not until a violent climax at the Casino that the two halves of the plot come together, and then the connection is more convincing in metaphorical than literal terms." - Kirkus Reviews.

"Leon flawlessly melds the two plot threads as she parallels her characters' vulnerability with that of Venice." - Publishers Weekly.

"Starred Review. Leon continues to live up to the increasingly high standards set by each novel." - Library Journal.

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Donna Leon Author Biography

Donna Leon is the author of nineteen international best-selling novels featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, all of which have been critically acclaimed. The winner of the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, among other awards, Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty-five years.

Commissario Guido Brunetti series order to 2010

1. Death at la Fenice, 1992
2. Death in a Strange Country, 1993
3. Dressed for Death, 1994, first published as The Anonymous Venetian
4. A Ventian Reckoning, 1995, first published as Death and Judgement
5. Acqua Alta, 1996, first published as Death in High Water
6. Quietly in Their Sleep, 1997, first published as...

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