{"id":5485,"date":"2015-11-07T19:23:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T00:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2020-06-08T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:31:53","slug":"doctored-evidence-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5485","title":{"rendered":"Doctored Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctored Evidence<\/a><\/em> (2004) Donna Leon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An unpleasant old woman is found murdered–bludgeoned to death in her apartment. It seems like an open-and-shut case of the badly-treated hired help having done it–especially when the woman is found fleeing the country and is hit by a trail and killed trying to escape the police.<\/p>\n

But all is not as it seems, and eventually someone comes forward to protest that the woman who was killed trying to leave the country was innocent.<\/p>\n

This book starts unusually, with Lieutenant Scarpa handling the case in the beginning, and we see both the venality and corruption of Scarpa, whom Brunetti has disliked from the beginning.<\/p>\n

Especially disturbing is Scarpa’s interaction with the witness who comes forward.<\/p>\n

(Brunetti) realized that he found it unsatisfactory because it made Scarpa out to be less of a villain than he wanted him to be: guilty only of spite, not of conspiracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Luckily, Brunetti takes over the questioning of the witness–and the tone changes.<\/p>\n

“The money I had was for a job I’d bid for and intentionally bid too high, hoping I wouldn’t get it, because it was very boring: designing packaging for a new range of light bulbs. But they gave me the job, and it turned out to be so easy I felt a little bit guilty about being paid all that money. So I guess it was easier to give away than it would have been if I’d really had to work hard for the money.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But we of course have Paola–and Brunetti’s interactions with her–to lighten things a little.<\/p>\n

“There’s a chapter here,” she said, pointing at the page she’d been reading, “on the Seven Deadly Sins.”
\nBrunetti had often thought that it was convenient that there should be one for each day of the week, but he kept that thought to himself for the moment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Again, don’t except the clean ending of American mysteries. Things don’t even seem to be clear in the Italian mysteries I’ve read–or perhaps that is true of Italy and not just mysteries. Whatever the case, I actually like that one never knows whether the bad guy \/ evildoer will get their comeuppance. It’s far more realistic that everything wrapped up neatly and getting what they deserve.
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Penguin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doctored Evidence (2004) Donna Leon An unpleasant old woman is found murdered–bludgeoned to death in her apartment. It seems like an open-and-shut case of the badly-treated hired help having done it–especially when the woman is found fleeing the country and is hit by a trail and killed trying to escape the police. But all is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[194,8,42,41],"tags":[97,96],"class_list":["post-5485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-5-10","category-mystery","category-police","category-reread","tag-commissario-guido-brunetti","tag-donna-leon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1qt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":687,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/687","url_meta":{"origin":5485,"position":0},"title":"Doctored Evidence","author":"Michelle","date":"October 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Doctored Evidence (2004) Donna Leon A querulous old woman is killed in her apartment, and suspicion automatically falls upon the maid. Scarpa closes the case, but when Brunetti comes back into town, new evidence--that Scarpa wants to dismiss unheard--comes to light. This book is not just about discovering who killed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Doctored-Evidence-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4035,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4035","url_meta":{"origin":5485,"position":1},"title":"Doctored Evidence","author":"Michelle","date":"September 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Doctored Evidence (2004) Donna Leon An elderly woman is discovered brutally murdered in her apartment. Suspicion immediately falls upon her maid, who has disappeared, and a man-hunt ensues. The interesting thing about this story is the book pretty much opens with the shocking injustice, rather than ending with it, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mystery"","block_context":{"text":"Mystery","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/mystery"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Doctored-Evidence-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12595,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12595","url_meta":{"origin":5485,"position":2},"title":"Trace Elements","author":"Michelle","date":"March 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Trace Elements (2020) Donna Leon (Commissario Guido Brunetti) Book 29 of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series. Brunetti and Griffoni go to a hospice because a dying woman wants to talk to them. Her husband recently was killed in a car accident, and she seems to be telling them that he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "7.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"7.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Trace Elements","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trace-Elements-682x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5539,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5539","url_meta":{"origin":5485,"position":3},"title":"Falling in Love","author":"Michelle","date":"November 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Falling in Love (2015) Donna Leon And now, I have read and re-read all the published Donna Leon, Commisario Brunetti books. We return once again to the Opera and Flavia Petrelli. La Fenice is putting on Tosca, and Flavia has the lead role. Brunetti and Paola meet her after the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "7.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"7.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Falling-in-Love-by-Donna-Leon.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10062,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10062","url_meta":{"origin":5485,"position":4},"title":"The Temptation of Forgiveness","author":"Michelle","date":"March 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Temptation of Forgiveness (2018) Donna Leon One of Paola's co-workers comes to Brunetti because she fears her son is using drugs. Elletra seems to have gotten herself into a spot of troupe. Patta wants Brunetti to deak with issues with Scarpa. The instinct to institutional survival stilled Brunetti\u2019s tongue.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mystery"","block_context":{"text":"Mystery","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/mystery"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Temptation-of-Forgiveness.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3043,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3043","url_meta":{"origin":5485,"position":5},"title":"Drawing Conclusions","author":"Michelle","date":"July 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Drawing Conclusions (2010) Donna Leon I love Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti series. Brunetti is a mostly honest police detective who works in a mostly dishonest and entirely complex system. He is also in love with his wife and has two decent kids, and has co-workers who respect him. Of course,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mystery"","block_context":{"text":"Mystery","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/mystery"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Drawing-Conclusions.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}