Salvo Montalbano mysteries
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The shape of water , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 1
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The snack thief , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 3
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Voice of the violin , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 4
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Excursion to Tindari , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 5
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The smell of the night , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 6
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Rounding the mark , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 7
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The patience of the spider , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 8
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2008
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264 p. ; 20 cm.
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The moody Inspector Montalbano is further beset by the existential questions that have been plaguing him of late. But he doesn't have much time to wax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a man--shot at point-blank range in the face with his pants down--commands his attention. Add two evasive, beautiful women as prime suspects, some dirty cocaine, mysterious computer codes, and a series of threatening letters, and things soon get very complicated...
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August heat , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 10
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The wings of the Sphinx , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 11
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Penguin Books
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2010
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264 p. ; 20 cm.
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After a bludgeoned horse ends up on the beach of his seaside home, then subsequently disappears, Inspector Salvatore Montalbano, along with the help of his illiterate housekeeper, must probe the incident's connections to the Mafia and the underworld of horseracing.
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Penguin Books
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2011
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277 p. ; 20 cm.
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An unidentified corpse is found near Vigàta, a town known for its soil rich with potter's clay. Meanwhile, a woman reports the disappearance of her husband, a Colombian man with Sicilian origins who turns out to be related to a local mobster. Then Inspector Montalbano remembers the story from the Bible-- Judas's betrayal, the act of remorse, and the money for the potter's field, where those of unknown or foreign origin are to be buried-- and slowly,...
14) The age of doubt
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Penguin Books
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2012
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274 p. ; 20 cm.
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One night, Inspector Montalbano dreams of a stormy sea, which he knows represents unease and loss of control. The next day, a boat is found in the port of Vigata, and within it, the body of a disfigured corpse.
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Penguin Books
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2013
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277 p. ; 20 cm.
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Before leaving for vacation, Inspector Montalbano witnesses a seagull doing an odd dance on the beach outside his home, when the bird suddenly drops dead. Stopping in at his office for a quick check before heading off, he notices that his right-hand man, Fazio, is nowhere to be found. Montalbano sets out to find him and discovers that the seagull's dance of death may provide the key to understanding a macabre world of sadism, extortion, and murder....
16) Treasure hunt
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Penguin Books
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2013.
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278 pages ; 20 cm
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"In Treasure Hunt, Montalbano is hailed as a hero after news cameras film him scaling a building-- gun in hand-- to capture a pair of unlikely snipers. Shortly after, the inspector begins to receive cryptic messages in verse from someone challenging him to go on a 'treasure hunt.' Intrigued, he accepts, treating the messages as amusing riddles-- until they take a dangerous turn" -- from publisher's web site.
17) Angelica's smile
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Penguin Books
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2014.
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293 pages ; 20 cm.
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The seventeenth installment of the beloved New York Times bestselling series that boasts more than 600,000 books in print. The last four books in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series have leapfrogged their way up the New York Times bestseller list, perfectly positioning Angelica's Smile to ascent to even greater heights. A rash of burglaries has got Inspector Salvo Montalbano stumped. The criminals are so brazen that their leader, the anonymous...
18) Game of mirrors
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"In Game of Mirrors, Inspector Montalbano and his colleagues are stumped when two bombs explode outside empty warehouses-one of which is connected to a big-time drug dealer. Meanwhile, the alluring Liliana Lombardo is trying to seduce the Inspector over red wine and arancini. Between pesky reporters, amorous trysts, and cocaine kingpins, Montalbano feels as if he's being manipulated on all fronts. That is, until the inspector himself becomes the prime...
19) A beam of light
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Penguin Books
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[2015]
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274 pages ; 20 cm
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Inspector Montalbano is troubled by a strange dream as three crimes demand his attention--the robbery of a wealthy merchant's young wife, shady art deals, and a search for arms traffickers.
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"Two deaths lead Inspector Montalbano into investigations of corruption and power in the twentieth installment of the New York Times bestselling series. Montalbano investigates a robbery at a supermarket, a standard case that takes a spin when manager Guido Borsellino is later found hanging in his office. Was it a suicide? The inspector and the coroner have their doubts, and further investigation leads to the director of a powerful local company....
21) A nest of vipers
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"Montalbano investigates the death of the wealthy Cosimo Barletta in a case that involves a ring of mistresses and family secrets"--
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The pyramid of mud , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 22
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After a hectic morning involving two rather irritating cases of mistaken identity, Inspector Montalbano finally arrives in his office ready find out what's troubling Vigàta this week. What he discovers is unnerving. A woman on her way home from work has been held up at gunpoint, chloroformed and kidnapped, but then released just hours later - unharmed and with all her possessions - into the open countryside. Later that day, Montalbano hears from...
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"A wave of refugees has arrived on the Sicilian coast, and Inspector Montalbano and his team have been stationed at port, alongside countless volunteers, to receive and assist the newcomers. Meanwhile, Livia has promised their presence at a friend's wedding, and the inspector, agreeing to get a new suit tailored, meets the charming master seamstress Elena Biasini. But while on duty at the dock one late night, tragedy strikes, and Elena is found gruesomely...
25) The safety net
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Penguin Books
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[2020]
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261 pages ; 20 cm.
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"Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. In the production frenzy, the director asks the locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of Vigata in that time. Engineer Ernesto Sabatello, while rummaging in the attic of his house, finds some films shot by his father from 1958 to 1963, always on the same day, March 27 and always the same shot; the outside wall of a...
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Penguin Books
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[2020]
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288 pages cm.
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"In the new novel in the transporting New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series, Montalbano finds his answers to a murder in a theatrical play. Mimi Augello is visiting his lover when the woman's husband unexpectedly returns to the apartment; he climbs out the window and into the downstairs apartment, but one danger leads to another. In the dark he sees a body lying on the bed. Shortly after, another body is found, and the victim...
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The cook of the Halcyon , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 27
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Riccardino , Salvo Montalbano mysteries volume 28
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Montalbano's first case and other stories
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"You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven't read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen... transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano." --A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Set on the Sicilian coast, a collection of eight short stories featuring...