This summer I spent my free time with Commissario Guido Brunetti, the character created by fiction crime’s writer Donna Leon. In ‘Beastly Things’ the Venetian Commissario is looking into a veterinarian’s manslaughter. The more he digs into the facts the more complicated becomes the case.
As usual, Donna Leon links her novels with current social conflicts. On one hand, ‘Beastly Things’ is related to meat consumption and how animals are sacrificed in slaughterhouses and, on the other, bribery and corruption crime also appear as the main core of the conflict.
Donna Leon has a great ability in creating very rich characters adding interesting psychological details even for the secondary characters, like Inspector Vianello and Signorina Elettra. Commissario’s family also appeared in all Donna Leon’s novels giving them a touch of ordinary life that makes them more credible.
With ‘Beastly Things’ I enjoyed the reading and I became a bit more fan of Commissario Brunetti and Dona Leon.
