“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 (An Inspector Montalbano Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

ANDREA CAMILLERI

Genre Fiction

Penguin Publishing Group

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. In a rather atypical case for Montalbano, the inspector finds himself initially shut out of the investigation by the ever-hostile commissioner Bonetti-Alderighi and forced to work from the shadows.

The Scent of the Night

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Picador

Andrea Camilleri's international bestselling mystery series features the earthy and urbane Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano who casts his spell on more and more fans with each new mystery In Rounding the Mark, Inspector Montalbano discovers a corpse while swimming along the Sicilian shore. His pursuit of the cause of death intersects with the inquiry into a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a young boy who may have been victimized by human traffickers. The buying and selling of immigrant children, for slave labor, sex, and as a source of illegal organ transplants, is part of the evil underside of the opening of Europe's borders. That, combined with frustration with his department's repressive handling of security for the G8 summit in Genoa and the corruption among his superiors and the politicians behind them, makes setting anything right seem like an exercise in futility. Montalbano alternates between despair and steely resolve. When he realizes that he may have inadvertently aided the boy's victimizers, his internal turmoil intensifies.

Rounding the mark / by Andrea Camilleri. Uniform Title: Giro Di Boa

London: Picador

The latest mystery in Andrea Camilleri?s internationally bestselling Inspector Montalbano series

Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri?s crime novels are classics of the genre. Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spider pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in Rounding the Mark, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit he?s ever hunted. A mystery unlike any other, this emotionally taut story brings the Montalbano saga to a captivating crossroads.
  From the paperback edition.

The Patience of the Spider (Montalbano 8)

Half the retired people of 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 seems to be becoming so ruthless and vulgar that Montalbano wonders if any part of it is worth saving. Drenched with atmosphere, crackling with wit, "The Scent of the Night" is Camilleri at his most addictive.

With the gruesome murder of a man, two evasive, beautiful women as prime suspects, some dirty cocaine, mysterious computer codes, and some threatening letters, things soon get complicated for Inspector Montalbano.

The Paper Moon (MONTALBANO 9)

Paperback. Pub Date :2009-1-1 Pages: 322 Publisher:. Economic Daily Motionless. Montalbano waited for the surf to enter his brainand wash it clean with each breaker At last the first light wavecame like a caress. swiiissshhh. and carried away .. glugluglug. Elena Sclafani and her beauty. while Michela Pardos tits. belly. arched body and eyes likewise disappeared Once Montalbano the manwas erased. all that should remain was Inspector Montalbano - akind of abstract function. the person who was supposed to solve thecase and nothing more. with no personal feelings involved. But ashe was telling himself this. he knew perfectly well that he couldnever pull it off. As he gets older. Inspector Montalbano isplagued by existential questions. But he doesnt have much time towax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a man - shot in theface at point-blank range with his pants down -...

The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano mysteries)

When a colleague extends his summer vacation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in Vigata and endure the August heat. Montalbano's long-suffering girlfriend, Livia, joins him with a friend husband and young son in tow to keep her company during these dog days of summer. But when the boy suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft hidden under the family s beach rental, Montalbano uncovers something terribly sinister. As the inspector spends the summer trying to solve this perplexing case, Livia refuses to answer his calls and Montalbano is left to take a plunge that will affect the rest of his life. Fans of the Sicilian inspector as well as readers new to this increasingly popular series will enjoy following the melancholy but unflinchingly moral Montalbano as he undertakes one of the most shocking investigations of his career. August Heat is read by Grover Gardner who won the prestigious 2009 Audie(tm) Award for best narration in the mystery category for his reading of Camilleri's Voice of the Violin.

August Heat

Picador USA

The body of one of the local 'movers and shakers' is found in a seedy part of town. The coroners verdict is death from natural causes but Inspector Montalbano is not ready to close the case. Picking his way through a labyrinth of high-comedy, delicious meals, vendetta firepower, and carefully planted false clues, Montalbano can be relied on, whatever the cost, to get to the heart of the matter.

The Shape of Water (Inspector Montalbano mysteries)

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The Smell of the Night (An Inspector Montalbano Mystery)

The Scent of the Night

Rounding the mark / by Andrea Camilleri. Uniform Title: Giro Di Boa

The Patience of the Spider (Montalbano 8)

The Scent of the Night

The Scent of the Night

The Paper Moon (MONTALBANO 9)

The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano mysteries)

August Heat

The Shape of Water (Inspector Montalbano mysteries)