The Waters of Eternal Youth (Guido Brunetti, Bk 25)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Barbara M. reviewed on + 152 more book reviews
I had added this book to my paperbackswap.com wish list after seeing that it was on someone else's list of good books. When I received the book, I saw that it was book 25 of a series featuring "Commissario Guideo Brunetti." I never heard of this author or this series.
I've read several of Louise Penney's books set in Canada and whose main character is Inspector Gamache. This book had somewhat the same type of protagonist--a decent man, a sweet wife, a couple kids, interesting surroundings.
The plot seemed rather thin, the writing simplistic, and there seemed to be a lot of "filler" (conversations that added nothing to the storyline or atmosphere).
There were a couple of times where the police seemed to be careless. For example, after Guido discovered that Cavanis was dead, he called the police to have a CSI team to come. He then left Cavanis' apartment to wait outside for the CSI team. In another instance, he picked up a discarded item that Guido thought could possibly have fingerprints or DNA on it. He was on his way to the Contessa's house. Upon arrival, he called the police station to have someone pick it up there.
Guido then handed the item to the maid to leave inside the front door until the officer came. I'm not a police officer but have a two-year degree in law enforcement as well as additional training. Once a crime scene is discovered, it's secured until CSI is done processing it--it's not left unattended. Ditto with evidence--there's a chain of custody and an officer wouldn't hand evidence off to a maid. I told myself that the story is set in Italy so maybe the police there don't follow the same protocols.
Some of the Amazon reviews (1- and 2-star) for this book stated this book wasn't Leon's best work. Perhaps not but I'm not planning on reading any of her other books.
I've read several of Louise Penney's books set in Canada and whose main character is Inspector Gamache. This book had somewhat the same type of protagonist--a decent man, a sweet wife, a couple kids, interesting surroundings.
The plot seemed rather thin, the writing simplistic, and there seemed to be a lot of "filler" (conversations that added nothing to the storyline or atmosphere).
There were a couple of times where the police seemed to be careless. For example, after Guido discovered that Cavanis was dead, he called the police to have a CSI team to come. He then left Cavanis' apartment to wait outside for the CSI team. In another instance, he picked up a discarded item that Guido thought could possibly have fingerprints or DNA on it. He was on his way to the Contessa's house. Upon arrival, he called the police station to have someone pick it up there.
Guido then handed the item to the maid to leave inside the front door until the officer came. I'm not a police officer but have a two-year degree in law enforcement as well as additional training. Once a crime scene is discovered, it's secured until CSI is done processing it--it's not left unattended. Ditto with evidence--there's a chain of custody and an officer wouldn't hand evidence off to a maid. I told myself that the story is set in Italy so maybe the police there don't follow the same protocols.
Some of the Amazon reviews (1- and 2-star) for this book stated this book wasn't Leon's best work. Perhaps not but I'm not planning on reading any of her other books.
