Riccardino: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery
- 500 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The long-awaited last novel in the transporting and beloved New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano series
Andrea Camilleri Books
September 6, 1925 – July 17, 2019
Andrea Camilleri was an Italian storyteller whose works are characterized by a unique blend of Sicilian dialect and standard Italian. His most famous creations, often set in a fictional Sicilian town, explore the complexities of human nature through narratives featuring distinctive detectives. Camilleri's style is imbued with humor, existential questions, and a profound sense of local culture and traditions. His influence extends far beyond Italy, leaving an indelible mark on contemporary literature.
The Safety Net: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery
- 328 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Vig ta 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 Vig ta in that time.
Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories
- 538 pages
- 19 hours of reading
"A Penguin mystery original"--Page 4 of cover.
This dazzling new book in Andrea Camilleri's international bestselling mystery series brings back earthy and urbane Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano, who must delve deeply into the secret world of illicit trafficking in human lives.
Books one, two and three in the Inspector Montalbano crime series - now a major BBC4 TV series
For a brief moment, as Montalbano was looking, a bright blade of light flashed from the loft and shone straight in his eyes. Despite the sunglasses, he instinctively shut his eyes and when he reopened them the light was gone. When a gentleman arrives at Montalbano's station to report an armed robbery on his wife that ended with a kiss, the inspector's suspicions are aroused. As he delves deeper into the case, Montalbano finds that none of the witnesses' stories are adding up, and he can't help but feel that they're not meant to. When a body turns up showing all the signs of a mafia hit, the inspector knows he must excavate the truth from what he is being led to believe. Meanwhile there's a case that keeps winding its way back to Montalbano's office. A locked door has suddenly appeared on a farmer's disused shed, and then, just as quickly, the door disappears. The anti-terrorist police soon intervene, but why are they so keen to keep this away from the inspector? And why does he sense that this case is connected to him somehow? With deceit at every turn and a distraction of the heart taking over his head, Inspector Montalbano must focus if he is ever going to solve this mystery
Excursion to Tindari
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Inspector Montalbano returns in the fifth novel in the Italian detective series.
The voice of the violin
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer.
When an angry octogenarian holds a terrified and lovelorn secretary at gunpoint, Inspector Montalbano is reluctantly drawn into the case. The secretary's boss, a financial advisor, has vanished along with several billion lire entrusted to him by the good citizens of Vigata. Also missing is the advisor's young colleague.
The snack thief
- 298 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The third novel in Camilleri's savagely witty, brilliantly evocative Sicilian mystery series featuring Inspector Montalbano
