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A truck crashes on one of the treacherous mountain roads in the Italian Dolomites, spilling a terrible cargo. Meanwhile, a prominent international lawyer is found dead in the carriage of an intercity train at Santa Lucia. Can the two tragedies possibly be connected? Commissario Guido Brunetti digs deep into the secret lives of Italy's elite classes to find the answer.

Brunetti's hopes of a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera - a body so badly beaten that the face is completely unrecognizable. But when the victim's identity is revealed, the investigation takes a very unexpected turn.

Het is nacht in Venetië. Een vrouw vernielt de etalageruit van een reisbureau. Als de politie ter plekke verschijnt, verzet ze zich niet. De agenten zijn namelijk collega’s van haar man: zij is Paola Brunetti, de vrouw van inspecteur Brunetti. Ze beweert dat het bedrijf seksreizen voor pedo elen organiseert naar arme landen in Azië en Afrika. Ze gooit zelfs nog olie op het vuur door de eigenaar van het bureau, ene Mitri, te confronteren met foto’s van misbruikte kinderen. Een paar dagen later wordt Mitri vermoord aangetro en, met naast zich een brief waarin wordt aangekondigd dat er nog meer perverse guren zullen sterven. Paola voelt zich schuldig. Maar Brunetti ontdekt dat Mitri zijn geld in werkelijkheid verdiende met heel andere zaken dan seksreisjes.

In een veld buiten Venetië wordt het skelet gevonden van een man die al twee jaar dood is. Hij draagt een ring met het wapen van de Lorenzoni’s, een schatrijke adellijke familie. De dode is de jonge Roberto Lorenzoni. Hij is duidelijk vermoord. Inspecteur Brunetti duikt in het recente verleden van de familie maar stuit op een muur van kilheid en minachting. De hoofdverdachte is Maurizio, Roberto’s neef en opvolger binnen het familie-imperium. Maar als graaf Lorenzoni, de patriarch van de familie, Maurizio ‘per ongeluk’ doodschiet, wordt de zaak gesloten. Tot ongenoegen van Brunetti, want hij vermoedt dat Roberto’s moeder dingen weet die ze nog aan niemand heeft verteld.

In het Venetiaanse operagebouw La Fenice vindt een indrukwekkende uitvoering plaats van Verdi’s La Traviata. Maar na de tweede acte keert de Duitse dirigent, Helmut Wellauer, niet terug op het podium. Een toneelknecht vindt hem dood in zijn kleedkamer. Inspecteur Brunetti heeft het vermoeden dat de man is vergiftigd met cyanide. Verdachten zijn er genoeg, want iedereen had een hekel aan Wellauer; van de lesbische diva tot de zwaar gefrustreerde tenor. Alleen de veel jongere echtgenote van de dirigent lijkt geen motief te hebben. Maar dan komt Brunetti bij toeval een ooit beroemd trio zingende zusjes op het spoor. Een van hen is intussen straatarm, de tweede dood en nummer drie spoorloos. Brunetti volgt het spoor en raakt ervan overtuigd dat de jonge weduwe tóch de dader is. Toch hoopt hij ergens dat hij ongelijk heeft...

Signor Rossi maakte al een erg nerveuze indruk toen hij inspecteur Brunetti vroeg om een gesprek. Als de gemeenteambtenaar vervolgens een dodelijke val maakt van een gebouw, heeft Brunetti sterk het gevoel dat het hier niet gaat om een ongeluk. Hij gaat op onderzoek uit en maakt kennis met de chef van het slachto er, een zekere Da Carlo. Die kan zich niet voorstellen dat Rossi bij een misdrijf betrokken zou zijn geweest. Maar Brunetti vindt dat Da Carlo en zijn assistente, Signora Gasperi, zich verdacht gedragen. Kort daarna stuit hij op een geval van fraude met appartementen waarbij Da Carlo betrokken lijkt te zijn. Het ziet ernaar uit dat Rossi zijn baas wilde ontmaskeren..

Maria Testa, een jonge non, komt met een verschrikkelijk vermoeden naar Brunetti. Ze geloofd dat er oude mensen, in het bejaardenhuis, waar ze werkt worden vermoord. Kort daarna wordt ze aangereden door een bus.

De stad Venetië dreigt een grote overstroming als Brunetti wordt opgeroepen voor een ​​zaak. Hij ontmoet daarbij oude vrienden. De archeoloog Brett Lynch werd aangevallen en in elkaar geslagen. Het spoor leidt naar de kunstwereld

A wealthy elderly woman is murdered. Soon after her Romanian maid was hit by a train while trying to leave Italy with a large amount of money and forged papers. The case appears to be solved. Then a neighbour provides evidence that the maid was not guilty of the murder. Brunetti digs further into the case, though officially it is closed and finds that greed was not the motive behind the killing.

Brunetti faces an unsettling case when a young cadet has been found hanged, a presumed suicide, in Venice's elite military academy. As he pursues his inquiry, he is faced with a wall of silence and finds himself caught up in the strange and stormy politics of his country's powerful elite.

Brunetti confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young American is fished out of a fetid Venetian canal. Though all the signs point to a violent mugging, something incriminating turns up in the victim's apartment that suggests the existence of a high-level conspiracy.

The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the island's close-knit community, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders. When Signorina Elettra volunteers to visit the island, where she has relatives, Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders, concerns for Elettra's safety, and his not entirely straightforward feelings for her.

The student Claudia Leonardo asks Commissario Brunetti for advice about a retrial. Patta is especially pleased about the support of the pretty new colleague Franca Capari. Before Brunetti can make himself known in this case, Claudia is stabbed to death. Does the murder perhaps have something to do with the valuable pictures that her grandfather acquired as an officer? When Brunetti also finds Signora Jacobs, Claudia's grandmother, dead and discovers the hiding place of the valuable paintings, the case seems to be solved. But a chance encounter finally puts Brunetti on a completely different track...

On a busy shopping street in Venice an African street vendor is shot dead. Nobody knows the dead African and only by chance Brunetti and his assistant Vianello find the victim's accommodation. There they are shot at, but the valuable rough diamonds they find did not interest the killer. Moreover, Patta interferes in the murder case and forbids Brunetti from further investigations because it is international terrorism. But Brunetti continues his investigation secretly. On his way to a nurse who wants to tell him the identity of the dead man, the commissioner is attacked. When Patta learns of Brunetti's solo effort, he forces the commissioner to request his transfer. To Sicily...

The Venetian island of Murano is known for its artisans who specialize in the traditional craft of glassmaking. When the owner of a glass factory is found murdered, Commissario Brunetti uncovers a connection between the colorful, filigree glass products that he made and some very toxic poisons. How else to explain the colorful slime containing arsenic oozing out from the factory?

When an illegal Albanian immigrant gives birth, she’s told that her baby has died and she should ask no further questions. Her personal devastation brings Brunetti into the world of child trafficking, where purveyors exploit a vulnerable population afraid to stand up for their rights. The horror continues when he learns how far in society the ripples have spread.

A ten-year-old Roma girl is found dead in a Venetian canal. Brunetti goes to the encampment where she lived, but his attempts to speak with the community there are futile. When he learns who had befriended the victim and her little brother, he begins to understand the community’s silence. It also explains why he’s hit obstacles preventing the investigation.

The murder of a trucking entrepreneur strikes close to home when Brunetti learns that the victim was involved in shady deals with a friend’s husband. Clues point to the Mafia, and Brunetti encourages his friend to turn state’s witness against them. Even more shocking is the fact that his own father-in-law may have connections with what’s turned out to be a very fishy case.

Brunetti must contend with ingenious corruption, bureaucratic intransigence, and the stifling heat of a Venetian summer. With his hometown beset by hordes of tourists and baking under a glaring sun, Brunetti’s greatest wish is to go to the mountains with his family, where he can sleep under a down comforter and catch up on his reading. But before he can go on vacation, a folder with court records has landed on his desk, brought by an old friend. It appears that cases at the local court—hardly known as a model of efficiency—are being delayed to the benefit of one of the parties. A creative new trick for corrupting the system, perhaps, but what can Brunetti do about it? And just when it looks like Brunetti will be able to get away, a shocking, violent crime forces him to stay in Venice.

A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor. A heart attack seems the likely cause, but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure and decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women and that her apartment was a safe-house. Convinced that this is the lead he has been looking for, Brunetti begins his search for answers. But as he sets out to discover the truth behind her death, he is drawn into a decades-old story of lies and deceit that has blighted love and ruined lives - and has claimed this innocent woman as its newest victim. Brunetti's investigation takes him deep into the dark heart of his beloved Venice.

When the body of man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Brunetti has little to work with. No local has filed a missing-person report, and no hotel guests have disappeared. Where was the crime scene? And how can Brunetti identify the man when he can’t show pictures of his face? The autopsy shows a way forward: it turns out the man was suffering from a rare, disfiguring disease. With Inspector Vianello, Brunetti canvasses shoe stores, and winds up on the mainland in Mestre, outside of his usual sphere. From a shopkeeper, they learn that the man had a kindly way with animals. At the same time, animal rights and meat consumption are quickly becoming preoccupying issues at the Venice Questura, and in Brunetti’s home, where conversation at family meals offer a window into the joys and conflicts of Italian life. Perhaps with the help of Signorina Elettra, Brunetti and Vianello can identify the man and understand why someone wanted him dead. As subtle and engrossing as ever, Leon’s Beastly Things is immensely enjoyable, intriguing, and ultimately moving.

The apparently mentally disabled Davide falls into the canal and drowns. As it turns out, he had an overdose of beta blockers in his bloodstream. Ana Cavanelli, Davide's mother, confesses to Brunetti that she gave him the pills - Davide had asked her to die several times. When Brunetti receives a hint that there is a connection between Davide and the multimillionaire Ludovico Lembo, he gradually uncovers the abysses of a family tragedy.

The violent death of a book collector leads Commissario Brunetti to the venerable Merula Library. In precious folios pages are missing. They were ruthlessly cut out. Was the victim a collector and art thief who got involved with the wrong people on the black market? But who murders for antiquarian book pages? And don't books stand for ideal values in addition to material ones? Brunetti suspects this and pushes the investigation further. Against the will of the traditional and influential Doge family Morosini-Albini, whose proud progenitor is currently running for Venice's mayor's office and who therefore wants to hide a centuries-old secret.

The celebrated soprano Flavia Petrelli returns to Venice after almost 15 years. A reason to be happy. However, her comeback is overshadowed: a boat has been set on fire. The Opera's director is in dispute with the union and blames the latter for several attacks. But when a young costume assistant dies, Brunetti realizes that there is more at stake. When he discovers a hiding place with an observation camera, it becomes manifest: Flavia Petrelli has a stalker! Apparently, the stranger wants to stage her stage performance as an unforgettable event. In return he does not shy away from violence. Is the soprano herself in danger in the end?

Brunetti is an expert in keeping wishes of Venice's grandees out of his work. The venerable Contessa Lando-Continui, however, cannot escape even the commissario. The 80-year-old asks him to clear up a family tragedy that took place a long time ago: She wants to know how her niece fell off a bridge, where the then 15-year-old almost drowned. Due to the irreversible brain damage, Manuela, now 30 years old, remains at the mental level of a 6-year-old (small) child - and that's how it will stay forever! At the same time, when the former lifesaver is murdered, the closed case takes on an unexpected topicality. Now the commissario wants to find out what the honourable family covered up and why Manuela's father had to start a new life in the Far East. After all these years of silence, the mighty Contessa has also summoned him - without, however, defoliating what it is all about. The commissario also comes across granite with the strict patriarch. Her close confidant Sandro Vittori-Ricciardi plays an opaque role, as does Stefano Dalla Lana, the murdered man's best friend. Brunetti puts his team on the two cases in which he suspects a direct connection. In a daring scenario he wants to unravel the truth from the felt of interests and intrigues.

The last case for Brunetti. During a cure, he befriends a beekeeper. When Brunetti discovers the body of the acquaintance, his criminalist instinct awakens and he is on the track of an immense environmental scandal.