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Title: Dead Lagoon : An Aurelio Zen Mystery by Michael Dibdin ISBN: 0-679-75311-7 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 January, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly recommended, richly atmospheric mystery set in Venice
Comment: Dead Lagoon is a richly atmospheric and complex psychological
mystery set in Venice. Michael Dibdin does an excellent job
of using the Venetian landscape as a supporting character in
the mystery at hand. Best of all for armchair travelers, the
two maps included in the book help you follow the action
which ranges across the lagoon in all directions on land,
sea and air. Following the main character, Aurelio Zen, as
he resolves the dual interwoven mysteries and his personal
romantic problems is a most enjoyable reading experience.
Zen is deep, dark and driven. His peregrinations across
Venice in winter are a source of pure delight. The mysteries
at the core of the book are well formulated and keep the
reader guessing until the very end. Dibdin leavens the
darkness of the novel with a touch of black humor. Highly
recommended!
Rating: 4
Summary: You can't go home again...
Comment: Or so Aurelio Zen, Italian policeman and star or Dead Lagoon, realizes near the end of this Dibdin mystery.
Zen has been offered a reward to find Michael Dorridge, a disappeared American businessman, or to find his body. To be able to investigate this hushed-up disappearance, Zen arranges to have Criminalpol transfer him on what seems to be an unrelated disturbance at the home of an aged contessa. Zen thinks his trip will be an easy way to make some cash - look briefly into the disappearance, check out the old homestead, and enjoy some Venitian cooking.
He isn't nearly so lucky. Zen soon begins to realize that the contessa's problems aren't just the result of a disturbed mental state, and that Dorridge's disappearance is more than an unlucky chance. He weaves together the strands of the mysteries, leaving the reader with a tidy ending.
Dead Lagoon was a more difficult to "get into" than other Dibdin mysteries. However, the compelling ending and the well-portrayed views of Venice certainly make it a book worth reading.
Rating: 5
Summary: Venice as character
Comment: Misty, mysterious Venice is always a favourite "character", whether it be in fiction or biography. Venice does not give up its secrets easily, and Dibdin is a master at ensuring the tension builds and the plot is assisted through location. He is equally adept at characterisation - the restless, driven Zen, who confronts several ethical dilemmas along the way, and several of the supporting "cast" , all of whom come to life and populate the setting magnificently.
The story itself is intriguing, with enough revelations along the way. There is no great finale denouement, more a piecing together of the jigsaw, and one great personal revelation about Zen's family background.
I thought Dibdin was at his very best when the action moves to the Questura (police headquarters). I half expected Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti to come strollign along the corridor!
The "chase" sequence - on foot and boat through wintry night time Venice was also excellent.
Thoroughly recommended for anyone who enjoys top quality crime fiction. No formulaic writing here!
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Title: Cosi Fan Tutti : An Aurelio Zen Mystery by Michael Dibdin ISBN: 0679779116 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: A Long Finish by MICHAEL DIBDIN ISBN: 0375704019 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Cabal : An Aurelio Zen Mystery by MICHAEL DIBDIN ISBN: 0375707700 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Vendetta : An Aurelio Zen Mystery by Michael Dibdin ISBN: 067976853X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Ratking by Michael Dibdin ISBN: 0679768548 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 29 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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