Marek Fedyszak Knihy

Ve Washingtonu jsou v průběhu jedné noci zavražděni hned dva soudci Nejvyššího soudu. Mladou, atraktivní a vysoce inteligentní studentku práv Darby Shawovou případ zaujme a s nebývalou vervou se pustí do jeho objasňování. Prostuduje doklady o nepřeberném množství případů, které projednával nebo by v budoucnosti mohl projednávat Nejvyšší soud. Sepíše zprávu, která se dostane až na místa nejvyšší, kromě jiného do Bílého domu. Díky této své zpočátku nevinné domněnce se Darby ocitá v nebezpečí života a několikrát unikne smrti jen o vlásek. Vypravěčský um Johna Grishama vynesl tuto knihu okamžitě na jedno z předních míst bestsellerových žebříčků. Napínavý příběh Darby Shawové se v roce 1993 dočkal neméně úspěšného zfilmování (v hlavní roli s Julií Robertsovou).

During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Commissario Guido Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to regret. In the aftermath, he begins to doubt his career choices and realises that he needs a break from the stifling problems of his work. Granted leave from the Questura, Brunetti is shipped off by his wife, Paola, to a villa owned by a wealthy relative on Sant'Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the Venetian laguna. There he intends to pass his days rowing, and his nights reading Pliny's Natural History. The recuperative stay goes according to plan and Brunetti is finally able to relax, until Davide Casati, the caretaker of the house, goes missing following a sudden storm. Nobody can find him - not his daughter, not his friends, and not the woman he'd been secretly visiting. Now, Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his holiday and discover what happened to the man who had recently become his friend. In Earthly Remains, Donna Leon shows Venice through an insider's eyes. From family meals and vaporetti rides to the never-ending influx of tourists and suffocating political corruption, the details and rhythms of everyday Venetian life are at the core of this thrilling novel, and of the terrible crime at its heart.