En nom del fill

Paola's father asks Brunetti for a personal favor: to discreetly investigate an octogenarian friend of his. Single, gay, related to the art world and with a fortune without heirs, this friend wants to adopt a young man in his forties as a child. All his friends have tried to convince him not to. If you want to flatter the man with gifts, go ahead, but adopt is very serious and once opened the process can not be reversed. Brunetti must investigate who this young man is: a regular in the art world, charming and polite, well related to mature men with money and power; delve into its past. Is it really about love?