Beastly Things: (Brunetti 21) [Paperback] Leon, Donna

When a body is fished out of a Venetian canal with massive trauma to the skull, Commissario Brunetti expects the usual suspects — jealousy, money, revenge. What he doesn't expect is a case that leads him into the murky world of industrial farming and veterinary corruption. The dead man was a vet, and the more Brunetti digs, the more he uncovers about how meat reaches our tables and what gets hidden along the way. Leon's prose is sharp and unsentimental as she turns a murder investigation into an examination of ethics, appetite, and the violence we prefer not to see. Brunetti's moral compass and his love for good food are both tested. If you like crime fiction that trusts your intelligence and doesn't flinch from uncomfortable truths, this is Leone at her best — a mystery with teeth.