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Plot Summary of A Noble Radiance
"A tractor that carries out some works in a farmhouse at the foot of the Italian Dolomites reveals a badly decomposed corpse . Close to the body is found valuable ring that relates it to an influential family of the Venetian nobility.

Apparently the dead is the heir of the family, a young men kidnapped in the door of his house two years ago and of whom nobody had seen since then. The commissary Guido Brunetti takes charge of the case in an investigation that will lead him even to request the help of his aristocratic father-in-law to penetrate the secrets of a noble family. "

Marlee A., Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of A Noble Radiance
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Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Murder of certain profession? - businessmen
Misc. Murder Plotlets - solving long-past murder
Kind of investigator - police procedural, Foreign
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - Italian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Italy
City? Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Unusual forms of death - radiation
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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