Andrea Camilleri

Suspecting a link between the murder of an elderly man and the shooting of an Italian fisherman, Inspector Montalbano encounters impoverished housekeeper and sometime prostitute Karima, whose thieving young son's life is endangered after she disappears. Reprint.

The Snack Thief

Stumbling on a fifty-year-old mystery involving a pair of lovers whose bodies are found in a mountain cave beside a dog statue, Inspector Salvo Montalbano investigates the island's past and traces a family's secret back to World War II. Reprint.

The Terra-cotta Dog

Discovering the murdered body of a beautiful young woman, Sicilian detective Salvo Montalbano finds suspects in the victim's aging husband, a famous doctor, a missing admirer, an antiques dealer, a close friend, and a reclusive violinist. Reprint.

Voice of the Violin

When a boy suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft hidden under his family's beach rental, Inspector Salvo Montalbano and his long-suffering girlfriend Livia, in pursuit of the child, uncover something terribly sinister in the melancholy Sicilian heat. Original.

August Heat

“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. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood — altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano.” A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window 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 by his illiterate housekeeper, Adelina, and a Proustian memory of linguate fritte. Longtime fans and new readers alike will be charmed by Montalbano's blend of unorthodox methods, melancholy self-reflection, and love of good food.

The Track of Sand

Becoming increasingly disillusioned with his violent career and his on-again, off-again relationship with Livia, Inspector Salvo Montalbano investigates the shooting death of a young woman whose tattoo links her to the underworld sex trade. Original.

The Wings of the Sphinx

Stephen Sartarelli

Inspector Montalbano investigates the fatal shooting of a man and finds himself dealing with two beautiful women as prime suspects, mysterious computer codes, threatening letters, and dirty cocaine.

The Paper Moon

After publicly apprehending a pair of snipers, Sicilian Inspector Montalbano begins to receive mysterious messages in the form of amusing riddles that encourage him to go on a treasure hunt, in the sixteenth mystery of the best-selling series. 100,000 first printing.

Treasure Hunt

Da anni, Andera Camilleri ci racconta le storie del commissario di Vigàta. Un dettaglio incongruo, una parola stonata, un gesto incontrollato bastano a mettere in moto la macchina delle sue indagini. Così, da un'impercettibile crepa nella 'normalità', prendono avvio anche queste nuove storie, in cui Montalbano s'imbatte nei crimini e nei criminali più eterogenei e insoliti.

Gli arancini di Montalbano

La Forma Dell'acqua (Memoria)

Un mese con Montalbano

An Inspector Montalbano Mystery

Excursion to Tindari

Il Cane Di Terracotta (Memoria)

“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. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood — altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano.” A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window With Inspector Montalbano's most recent outings hitting the New York Times bestseller list, Andrea Camilleri's darkly refined Italian mysteries have become favorites of American crime novel fans. This latest installment finds Montalbano in search of his missing right-hand man. Before leaving for vacation with Livia, 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 Fazio is nowhere to be found and soon learns that he was last seen on the docks, secretly working on a case. 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.

The Dance of the Seagull

Un covo di vipere

Two seemingly unrelated murders draw Sicilian sleuth Inspector Montalbano into a dangerous world of illicit trafficking in human lives and test both his personal endurance and his loyalty to the institution he serves. Original. 35,000 first printing.

Rounding the Mark

“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. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood — altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano.” A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Half the retirees in Vigáta 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 atmosphere, crackling with wit, The Smell of the Night is Camilleri at his most addictive.

The Smell of the Night

While investigating the discovery of an unidentified corpse, Inspector Montalbano also becomes involved with the disappearance of a Columbian man who turns out to be related to a local Sicilian mobster in this new mystery from the author of August Heat. Original. 100,000 first printing.

The Potter's Field

Le meurtre d'un couple de vieillards de Vigata trouble le commissaire Montalbano plus qu'il ne le voudrait. Existe-t-il un lien avec l'affaire de l'exécution d'un jeune don juan de village ? Et qu'en est-il du mystère qu'entretient Mimi Angello, son adjoint, autour d'informations soi-disant secrètes ?

La gita a Tindari

In Sicily, Montalbano investigates the poisoning of a person found on a boat. By the author of Track of Sand and The Potter's Field. Original.

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