Inspector Montalbano: Books 1-3
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3.5 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The first three novels in Andrea Camilleri's bestselling Inspector Montalbano series.
The Shape of Water: On a waste ground in Vigata, the Sicilian town's dark underbelly flourishes: drug dealers and prostitutes plying their trade. But when the body of Silvio Luparello, one of the local movers and shakers, is discovered there, Inspector Montalbano must investigate; and despite pressure from his commissioner, a local judge and bishop - he is determined to unearth the truth...
The Terracotta Dog: When two lovers, dead for over fifty years, are discovered in a mountain cave watched over by a life-size terracotta dog, Inspector Montalbano's investigation will take him on a journey through Sicily's past and into a family's dark heart amid the horrors of World War II.
The Snack Thief: When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast, only Inspector Montalbano suspects a link between the two incidents...
PRAISE FOR THE SERIES
"A magnificent series of novels" Sunday Times
"There's a deliciously playful quality to the mysteries Andrea Camilleri writes about a lusty Sicilian police detective named Salvo Montalbano." New York Times Book Review
"Camilleri as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is an investigator." The Washington Post
"The books are full of sharp, precise characterizations and with subplots that make Montalbano endearingly human ... Like the antipasti that Montalbano contentedly consumes, the stories are light and easily consumed, leaving one eager for the next course." New York Journal of Books
"This series is distinguished by Camilleri's remarkable feel for tragicomedy, expertly mixing light and dark in the course of producing novels that are both comforting and disturbing." Booklist
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The first three books in the Inspector Montalbano series are a treasure trove of top-tier crime fiction—and a window into another world. As synonymous with Sicily as soft light and sweet cannoli, Andrea Camilleri’s mysteries are part gritty procedural, part picturesque escapism. Set in the ’90s in the fictional coastal city of Vigáta, this introductory trilogy finds maverick detective Salvo Montalbano cracking his first enthralling cases. Each novel is packed with labyrinthine setups, deceptively charming characters and copiously researched details that transport you right into Montalbano's considerable brain, from the burial rites of ancient cultures to the mouthwatering particulars of his own luscious Mediterranean meals. The Inspector Montalbano books became so hugely popular that Camilleri's own hometown actually changed its name from Porto Empedocle to Porto Empedocle Vigáta.
