A deep evocation of the Sicilian temperament, with all its complex darkness and ambiguity, is embodied in Inspector Salvo Montalbano of the fictive town of Vigata, in Sicily. Camilleri writes in Sicilian dialect, and his translator has expertly...
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...
"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...
Casi al límite del agotamiento, mientras nada en el mar con la furia de quien quiere liberarse de una noche de pensamientos obsesivos, el comisario Salvo Montalbano se topa, literalmente, con la investigación más difícil de...
In his fourth mystery to feature Inspector Salvo Montalbano (The Snack Thief, etc.), Camilleri once again thrills with his fluid storytelling and quirky characters. The irritable Sicilian detective's first challenge is to figure out a way to...
To już trzecie spotkanie polskich czytelników z komisarzem Montalbano – człowiekiem o nastrojach zmiennych jak sycylijska aura i niezrównanym smakoszem. Tym razem sprawa zaczyna się od fatalnego strzału, który...
Emanuele Gargano, właściciel firmy „Król Midas”, zaskarbił sobie wdzięczność wielu drobnych ciułaczy z Vigaty, umiejętnie inwestując ich oszczędności. Jednak gdy ma już...