Synopsis
A collection of eight ingenious short stories following Inspector Montalbano’s investigations into Sicily’s murky underworld, all served with Camilleri’s trademark wit, and Montalbano’s typical appetite.
Featuring stories adapted for BBC4’s Inspector Montalbano, this is the perfect place to start reading Sicily’s favourite crime author.
From the title story, Death at Sea, in which the alleged manslaughter of an engineer...
Details
07 February 2019
304 pages
9781509809134
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superbSunday Times
One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writersDaily Mail
Montalbano's colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction todayGuardian