Transient Desires

Transient Desires is Donna Leon’s thirtieth Guido Brunetti novel and promises to be a major publishing event for Grove. All of Leon’s recent Brunetti books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List. Her previous book, Trace Elements , as well as The Waters of Eternal Youth , debuted at #10, and Unto Us a Son Is Given and Earthly Remains debuted at #12. Falling in Love debuted at #5 in hardcover fiction, her highest debut ever. By Its Cover and The Golden Egg both reached #7. Her books have sold over two million copies in North America, and in recent years Leon’s sales and critical esteem have only risen. These are fantastic books that just keep getting better. Donna Leon has been named one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers of all time by both Time and the Times of London. Leon has fans everywhere; Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a close friend and supporter, as is Judith Martin, also known as “Miss Manners,” and Judith Flanders. Both Hillary Clinton and R.L. Stine named Leon as a favorite writer in the New York Times Book Review ’s “By the Book” section.