“Well, he'd gone this far, animated by nothing more noble than curiosity, he told himself as he studied the face of the man in the mirror, pushing his collar down over his neatly knotted tie. The man's mind slipped into English: The cat's got your tongue. Curiosity killed the cat. To stay in vein, the man in the mirror gave a Cheshire smile, and Brunetti left the house.” MysteryItalyVenicePolice Procedural Book:The Golden Egg Source: The Golden Egg
“I was extraordinarily lucky. I wrote a book because I wanted to see if I could write a mystery. Someone nagged me into sending it to a contest, which it won, after which I was offered a two-book contract, thus requiring the writing of a second book.” IfsWritingTwoBookWantedMysteryLuckyIf I CouldContractsContests Author:Donna Leon
“All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.” SchoolMysteryTelevisionMurderGraduatesRuthGraduate SchoolMurder Mysteries Author:Donna Leon
