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The sixth mystery in the Inspector Montalbano series, THE SMELL OF THE NIGHT brings the shady shenanigans of late twentieth-century international finance to small-town Sicily. A "financial wizard" entrusted with the savings of nearly half the retirees of Vigata mysteriously disappears with the money and a young man who worked for him. In a rather atypical case for Montalbano, the inspector finds himself initially shut out of the investigation by the...
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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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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
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
Pub. Date
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,...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
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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Andrea Camilleri
Das Ritual der Rache
Commissario Montalbano vermisst einen guten Freund
gelesen von Bodo Wolf
Im Umland von Vigàta liegt ein Toter in einem Plastiksack. Wenig später meldet eine Frau ihren Ehemann als vermisst. Commissario Montalbano fühlt sich an den biblischen Verrat des Judas erinnert. Denn: Der Leichnam wurde in dreißig Teile zerstückelt, im sogenannten Töpferland verscharrt, der Schuss in den Nacken deutet auf Rache wegen...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
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....
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Im Fahrwasser einer Luxusjacht wird ein namenloser Toter angespült. Die mondäne Schiffskapitänin wirkt ebenso mysteriös wie ihre Besatzung. Aber das ist nicht der einzige Grund, weshalb Commissario Montalbano so häufig am Hafen von Vigàta
anzutreffen ist. Denn Salvo ist verliebt - und zwar in Laura, die Chefin der Hafenkommandatur. Doch wie sagt er's ihr? Wie sagt er?s seiner Livia? Und wie soll er hinter das Geheimnis des Toten kommen, wenn...
10) Treasure hunt
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
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.
11) Angelica's smile
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
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...
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Der Todestanz einer Möwe als Vorbote düsterer Ereignisse? Leider nur zu wahr, denn kurze Zeit später erreicht Commissario Montalbano die Nachricht vom Verschwinden Fazios, seines wichtigsten Mitarbeiters im Polizeikommissariat. Offenbar war
Fazio in einen Hinterhalt geraten - mit bisher unbekanntem Ausgang. Die Ermittlungen führen Montalbano ins abgelegene Ödland der Mafia, wo ihm zwei namenlose Tote Rätsel aufgeben. Ebenso wie eine junge Pflegerin...
13) A beam of light
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[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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Eine Serie von Diebstählen sorgt für Aufregung im sizilianischen Vigàta. Als Commissario Montalbano im Rahmen der Ermittlungen Bekanntschaft mit der jungen Angelica Cosulich macht, fühlt er sich schlagartig in seine Jugend zurückversetzt: Mit ihrem wallenden Blondhaar erinnert sie ihn an die Heldin selben Vornamens aus Ariosts Epos Der rasende Roland, die ihm seinerzeit die Träume versüßt hat. Doch hinter dem betörenden Lächeln der Signorina...
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Ein greises Geschwisterpaar in religiösem Wahn, das Schüsse abfeuert, sobald jemand sich der Wohnung nähert. Eine massakrierte Gummipuppe, die Rätsel aufgibt - umso mehr, als sich in einem anderen Viertel Vigàtas eine zweite Puppe mit denselben Blessuren findet. Anonyme Botschaften in Reimform, die im Kommissariat eingehen. Commissario Montalbano ahnt schon bald, dass ein weit zurückliegender Fall erneut ans Tageslicht gerückt ist: das mysteriöse...
16) 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...
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Zwei mysteriöse Bombenattentate bereiten Commissario Montalbano ebenso Kopfzerbrechen wie seine neuen Nachbarn in Marinella: Liliana Lombardo kreuzt beinahe jeden seiner Wege, ihr Ehemann ist nie zu sehen. Weitere mafiöse Vorfälle und nächtliche Rendezvous der Signora mit dubiosen Galanen lassen einen Zusammenhang mit den Attentaten erahnen. Außerdem scheint jemand geschickt falsche Fährten zu legen, sodass Montalbano sich irgendwann an das...
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Inspector Montalbano mystery volume .5
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Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2016, ©1998
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14 CDs (17.3 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels. In Montalbano?s First Case, and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected twenty-one short stories, written with his trademark wit and humor, that follow Italy?s famous detective through highlight cases of his career. From the title story, featuring a young Deputy Montalbano newly assigned to Vig?ta, to "Montalbano Says No," in which the inspector makes a late-night call to Camilleri...
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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....
20) Die Spur des Lichts - Commissario Montalbano - Commissario Montalbano stellt sich der Vergangenhe
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Das beschauliche Städtchen Vigàta auf Sizilien ist in Aufruhr, und ein Besuch des Innenministers steht bevor. Für Commissario Montalbano ein guter Grund, sich an diesem Tag zurückzuziehen und eine Vernissage zu besuchen. Die schöne Galeristin Marian ist mindestens so reizvoll wie die Exponate - und sie gibt Montalbano diverse Rätsel auf. Wie auch der Überfall auf die Ehefrau eines vermögenden Vigàteser Kaufmanns, der einen mysteriösen Mord...
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