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'Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . simply superb'
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THE SHAPE OF WATERTHE TERRACOTTA DOGTHE SNACK THIEFTHE VOICE OF THE VIOLINEXCURSION TO TINDARITHE SCENT OF THE NIGHTROUNDING THE MARKTHE PATIENCE OFTHE SPIDERTHE PAPER MOONAUGUST HEATTHE WINGS OF THE SPHINXTHE TRACK OF SANDTHE POTTER'S FIELDTHE AGE OF DOUBTTHE DANCE OF THE SEAGULLTHE TREASURE HUNTANGELICA'S SMILEHUNTING SEASONGAME OF MIRRORSBLADE OF LIGHTMONTALBANO'S FIRST CASE AND OTHER STORIESA VOICE IN THE NIGHTA NEST OF VIPERS]
List of contents
Section - 1: Room Number Two Section - 2: Double Investigation Section - 3: Death at Sea Section - 4: The Stolen Message Section - 5: The Transaction Section - 6: Standard Procedure Section - 7: The Apricot Section - 8: The Honest Thief
About the author
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.
Summary
A collection of eight Inspector Montalbano mysteries, all served the Sicilian way . . .
Foreword
A collection of eight Inspector Montalbano mysteries, all served the Sicilian way . . .
Additional text
The godfather of Italian crime fiction . . . Rattling and wry detective fiction . . . These are police procedurals in which procedures are seldom followed.
