Guido Brunetti book 21 · 2012
Beastly Things
A body is found in a canal, and the dead man is a veterinarian who worked at a slaughterhouse.
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Book facts
- Author
- Donna Leon
- Series
- Guido Brunetti, book 21 of 33
- Published
- 2012
- Setting
- Set in Venice
- Characters charted
- 9
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in Beastly Things
9 recurring or key characters from Donna Leon’s chart.
Lead 1
- Guido BrunettiCommissario of the Venice police
Major 3
- Paola BrunettiGuido’s wife, a literature professor
- Lorenzo VianelloSergeant, later inspector, and Brunetti’s ally
- Signorina Elettra ZorziPatta’s secretary and resourceful researcher
Minor and cameo 5
- Raffi and Chiara BrunettiGuido and Paola’s children
- Giuseppe PattaVice-Questore, Brunetti’s vain boss
- Lieutenant ScarpaPatta’s scheming assistant
- Claudia GriffoniCommissario from Naples
- Conte Orazio FalierPaola’s aristocratic father
Also featuring these characters
Other Donna Leon books that share the most characters with Beastly Things.
- A Question of Belief2010 · Guido Brunetti · 9 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- By Its Cover2014 · Guido Brunetti · 9 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- About Face2009 · Guido Brunetti · 9 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Falling in Love2015 · Guido Brunetti · 9 shared charactersBuy on Amazon