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Andrea Camilleri
The inimitable Inspector Montalbano returns for his fifteenth engrossing mystery.
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With Inspector Montalbano’s most recent outings hitting the New York Times -bestseller list, Camilleri’s darkly refined Italian mysteries have become favorites of American crime novel fans. This latest installment finds…
These stories are told using illustrations from talented designers. The basic objective is to introduce the classics to the newer generations, but it is also intended for the whole family…
From Angelica to Zina, these short stories make up a colorful range of stories, with women from both mythology and literature, along with real women who have been part of…
There is a strange robbery in one of the supermarkets controlled by the Cuffaro family. When the director of the establishment commits suicide after the grueling interrogation Montalbano conducts, public…
Far from being a quiet retired accountant, Berletta, whose body shows signs of violence, is revealed to have multiple faces, each more surprising than the last: a ruthless businessman, a…
The fifth book in the international bestselling series featuring irresistible Sicilian detective Inspector Salvo Montalban. In two seemingly unrelated crimes, a young Don Juan is found murdered and an elderly…
An absurd, quirky historical murder mystery that recalls the most hilarious and farcical scenes of Shakespeare and The Canterbury Tales, Hunting Season will introduce readers to a refreshing new aspect…
After sitting in the car on the hill for about ten minutes, Montalbano realized this was a big mistake. Because he didn’t think at all about the investigation, the burglars…
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Inspector Montalbano embarks on his final case and, as with Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Morse before him, his last adventure is as thrilling as it is surprising. Riccardino marks a…
A mysterious boat, a conspiracy to oust the Inspector, and a trip to Genoa with plenty of delectable foods are all in store in this, the twenty-seventh mystery in the…
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Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in the village of Vigta, is found dead in his car in a rough part of town frequented by prostitutes and drug dealers. Enter Inspector…
Based on a true story and told with the pacing, humor, and thrills of a Mediterranean mystery, Andrea Camilleri’s new novel tells of a turn-of-the-century Sicilian scandal that revealed a…
Silvio Lupanella, a big shot in the village of Vigta is found dead in his car in a rough part of town. With his signature humor and love of good…
"Originally published in Italian as Riccardino by Sellerio Editore, Palermo"--Title page verso.
Inspector Montalbano’s case begins with a mysterious tt tt with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and dying words that lead him to an illegal arms…
Inspector Montalbano investigates a labyrinthine financial scam that half of the retirees in Vigata have invested their savings in. His cherished Sicily is turning so ruthless that he wonders if…
Food, love, and murderSicilian stylein the gripping eleventh installment of the New York Times best-selling Montalbano mystery series.
Two seemingly unrelated deaths take Inspector Montalbano deep in to a secret world of illicit trafficking in human lives, and test the limits of his physical, psychological, and moral endurance.
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…
The latest installment of the popular mystery series finds the moody Inspector Montalbano with no time to wax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a man shot at pointblank range…
Still recovering from a gunshot wound, Montalbano must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit hes ever…
Suspecting a link between the murder of an elderly man and the shooting of an Italian fisherman, Inspector Montalbano encounters impoverished housekeeper and sometime prostitute Karima, whose thieving young son’s…
The third novel in Camilleri’s savagely witty, brilliantly evocative Sicilian mystery series featuring Inspector Montalbano
Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in Vigta, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. Enter inspector Salvo Montalbano who goes head to head with the…
When an elderly man is stabbed to death and a Sicilian fishing-boat crewman is gunned-down, only Inspector Montalbano suspects a link between the two. His investigation leads to a viper’s…
A young Don Juan is found murdered and an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari. Uncovering a link between the crimes, Montalbano…
Two seemingly unrelated deaths take Inspector Montalbano deep into a secret world of illicit trafficking in human lives and will test the limits of his physical, psychological, and moral endurance.
Cinzia Russi
Sicilian Elements in Andrea Camilleri’s Narrative Language examines Camilleri’s unique linguistic repertoire provides a systematic analysis of the distribution of Sicilian features in selected historical and mystery (Montalbano) novels, and…
Inspector Montalbano returns for his eighth comic mystery.
Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli (trans.)
The fourth novel in Andrea Camilleri’s savagely funny, brilliantly compelling Sicilian crime series featuring Inspector Montalbano
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The twentieth thrilling mystery in the much-loved Inspector Montalbano series.
The fifth mystery in Camilleri’s atmospheric, compelling and savagely funny crime series
Inspector Montalbano is back in Vigata …
From Andrea Camilleri, the bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano mysteries, comes The Brewer of Preston, a hilarious standalone comedy.
The bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano series brings us back to Vigata in the nineteenth century for a rip-roaring comic novel.