Imagined crossover · Mediterranean
What if Guido Brunetti met Salvo Montalbano?
Italy’s two favourite commissari. Two humane, food-loving Italian police officers with a cynical view of the bureaucracy above them.
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The pair
Guido BrunettiCommissario of the Venice policeBy Donna Leon · Guido Brunetti · first in Death at La Fenice
Salvo MontalbanoPolice inspector in Vigàta, SicilyBy Andrea Camilleri · Inspector Montalbano · first in The Shape of Water
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Friction4/10
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Where and when
Venice and Sicily
The 1990s to the 2010s
The story
- How they might meet
- A Sicilian businessman is found dead in a Venetian canal, and Montalbano is sent north to help, to his deep dismay.
- Why they would work
- Two humane, food-loving Italian police officers with a cynical view of the bureaucracy above them.
- What each brings
- Brunetti has a classical education and the formidable Signorina Elettra. Montalbano has a gift for improvisation and an ear for a lie.
- Where they would clash
- Montalbano would hate the cold, the fog and the food. Brunetti would wonder why Montalbano never fills in a form.
Strengths compared
Guido Brunetti Salvo Montalbano
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- Death at La FeniceDonna Leon · 1992 · Guido Brunetti's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- The Shape of WaterAndrea Camilleri · 1994 · Salvo Montalbano's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
