Donna Leon’s 33 rd installment of her immensely popular Commissario (detective inspector) Guido Brunetti series shows that at 82 she still has a literary fastball. And that she knows how to keep ...

In Donna Leon’s 30th Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, “Transient Desires,” the setting — Venice — is the most important character of all. By Marilyn Stasio Marilyn Stasio finds the latest crime ...

POLAND — Donna Jean Rowan Leone, 79, passed away peacefully at home Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Donna was born April 8, 1944, in Youngstown. She was the daughter of Helen ...

MORNING EDITION's Crime in the City series takes us, next, to one of the most distinctive cities in the world. Venice is all but a city at sea, built on islands in a lagoon crosshatched with canals ...

Donna Leon’s memoir, "Wandering through Life," gave her fans a colorful tour through her life, from childhood in New Jersey to adventures in China and Iran, to her love of Venice and opera. Nowhere, ...

Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which features ...