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A collection of eight Inspector Montalbano mysteries, all served the Sicilian way . . .

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Adapted for BBC4´s Inspector Montalbano.

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.

From the title story, Death at Sea, in which the alleged manslaughter of an engineer upon a fishing trawler leads Inspector Montalbano to uncover an even more sinister crime, Andrea Camilleri takes his readers through eight cunning cases from the Vigàtan police files. Starting with an arson attack on a hotel which leaves the distraught owner as the chief suspect; to the mysterious case of a woman who goes missing in an underpass with a million lire in her handbag; to a threat on Montalbano´s own life, as an anonymous motorcyclist takes a shot at the detective.

Featuring stories adapted for BBC4´s Inspector Montalbano, this is the perfect place to start reading Sicily´s favourite crime author.

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Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superb Sunday Times

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Camilleri, Andrea
Andrea Camilleri was one of Italy´s most famous contemporary writers. The Inspector Montalbano series, which has sold over 65 million copies worldwide, has been translated into thirty-two languages and was adapted for Italian television, screened on BBC4. The Potter´s Field, the thirteenth book in the series, was awarded the Crime Writers´ Association´s International Dagger for the best crime novel translated into English. In addition to his phenomenally successful Inspector Montalbano series, he was also the author of the historical comic mysteries Hunting Season and The Brewer of Preston. He died in Rome in July 2019.

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