Guido Brunetti book 9 · 2000
Friends in High Places
A young official comes to question the planning permission for Brunetti’s apartment, and soon he is dead.
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Book facts
- Author
- Donna Leon
- Series
- Guido Brunetti, book 9 of 33
- Published
- 2000
- Setting
- Set in Venice
- Characters charted
- 8
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in Friends in High Places
8 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 4
- Raffi and Chiara BrunettiGuido and Paola’s children
- Giuseppe PattaVice-Questore, Brunetti’s vain boss
- Lieutenant ScarpaPatta’s scheming assistant
- Conte Orazio FalierPaola’s aristocratic father
Also featuring these characters
Other Donna Leon books that share the most characters with Friends in High Places.
- A Noble Radiance1998 · Guido Brunetti · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Wilful Behaviour2002 · Guido Brunetti · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Quietly in Their Sleep1997 · Guido Brunetti · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Uniform Justice2003 · Guido Brunetti · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon