The fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series Inspector Montalbano, praised as -a delightful creation- (USA Today), has been compared to the legendary detectives of Georges Simenon, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler. As the fourth mystery in the internationally bestselling series opens, Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer, now disappeared; an...
The fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series Inspector Montalbano, praised as -a delightful...
The Shape of Water is the first book in the sly, witty, and engaging Inspector Montalbano mystery series with its sardonic take on Sicilian life
Silvio Lupanello, a big-shot in Vigata, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. The car happens to be parked in a part of town used by prostitutes and drug dealers, and as the news of his death spreads, the rumors begin. Enter Inspector Salvo Montalbano, Vigata's most respected detective. With his characteristic mix of humor, cynicism, compassion, and love of good food, Montalbano battles against the powerful and...
The Shape of Water is the first book in the sly, witty, and engaging Inspector Montalbano mystery series with its sardonic take on Sicilian ...
Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic take on Sicilian life. Montalbano's latest case begins with a mysterious tete a tete with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and dying words that lead him to an illegal arms cache in a mountain cave. There, the inspector finds two young lovers, dead for fifty years and still embracing, watched over by a life-sized terra-cotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him on a journey through Sicily's past and into one family's darkest secrets. With...
Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic take on Sicilian life. Montalbano's latest case begi...
In the third book in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series, the urbane and perceptive Sicilian detective exposes a viper's nest of government corruption and international intrigue in a compelling new case. When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast, only Montalbano suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished housecleaner and sometime prostitute, whose young son steals other schoolchildren's midmorning...
In the third book in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series, the urbane and perceptive Sicilian detective exposes a viper's nest of government...
Following the long-running success he has enjoyed on bestseller lists in Europe, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is now winning over American readers and critics alike as "one of the most engaging protagonists in detective fiction" (USA Today). Now, in Excursion to Tindari, Andrea Camilleri's savvy and darkly comic take on Sicilian life leads Montalbano into his most bone-chilling case yet.
In two seemingly unrelated crimes, a young Don Juan is found murdered and an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari. As Montalbano works to solve...
Following the long-running success he has enjoyed on bestseller lists in Europe, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is now winning over American readers and c...
The number of Inspector Montalbano fans will continue to grow with this ingenious new novel featuring the earthy and urbane Sicilian detective. Half the retirees in Vigata have invested their savings with a financial wizard who has disappeared, along with their money. As Montalbano investigates this labyrinthine financial scam, he finds himself at a serious disadvantage: a hostile superior has shut him out of the case, he s on the outs with his lover Livia, and his cherished Sicily is turning so ruthless and vulgar that Montalbano wonders if any part of it is worth saving. Drenched with...
The number of Inspector Montalbano fans will continue to grow with this ingenious new novel featuring the earthy and urbane Sicilian detective. Half t...
"The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fill the air of Sicily." -Donna Leon Inspector Salvatore Montalbano wakes from strange dreams to find a gruesomely bludgeoned horse carcass in front of his seaside home. When his men came to investigate, the carcass has disappeared, leaving only a trail in the sand. Then his home is ransacked and the inspector is certain that the crimes are linked. As he negotiates both the glittering underworld of horseracing and the Mafia's connection to it, Montalbano is aided...
"The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fill the air of Sicily." -Do...
Aktien statt Arancini, Spekulationen statt Spaghetti, Börse statt Balsamico auch in Sizilien hofft man auf das schnelle Geld. Und genau das verspricht Emanuele Gargano, der "Magier der Finanzen". Doch plötzlich ist der Mann spurlos§verschwunden. Und mit ihm das Geld der Bevölkerung. Alle jagen den Dieb, doch Commissario Montalbano ahnt, dass hinter der Sache ein ganz anderes Verbrechen steckt.Commissario Montalbano löst seinen sechsten Fall.
Aktien statt Arancini, Spekulationen statt Spaghetti, Börse statt Balsamico auch in Sizilien hofft man auf das schnelle Geld. Und genau das versprich...
In einer Art Bordell unter freiem Himmel, hat man einen Toten gefunden, den feinsinnigen und genersen Ingenieur Luparello, zu dem der kompromittierende Ort seines Hinscheidens so gar nicht passen will.War es ein Verbrechen, und - wenn ja - wer sind die Schuldigen? Und das Motiv? Geld? Macht? Mordlust? Das hngt, mu Commissario Montalbano erkennen, ganz von der Form ab, die man dem Fall gibt. Jedenfalls weigert er sich, die Sache einfach als Unfall zu den Akten zu legen, wie man ihm hheren Orts nahelegt...
In einer Art Bordell unter freiem Himmel, hat man einen Toten gefunden, den feinsinnigen und genersen Ingenieur Luparello, zu dem der kompromittierend...
Nachdem Commissario Montalbano eine Schussverletzung auskuriert hat, kann er es kaum erwarten, sein gewohntes Leben wieder aufzunehmen. Sein nchster Fall, die mysterise Entfhrung einer jungen Studentin, gibt ihm jedoch so manches Rtsel auf: Zu viele Details passen nicht zusammen, die Aussagen der Zeugen widersprechen sich. Doch das Netz der Verwirrungen, das hier ausgelegt wurde, scheint undurchdringbar und der stille Rcher geduldig genug, um in aller Ruhe abzuwarten, bis sein Opfer in die verhngnisvolle Falle tappt ...
Nachdem Commissario Montalbano eine Schussverletzung auskuriert hat, kann er es kaum erwarten, sein gewohntes Leben wieder aufzunehmen. Sein nchster F...
