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Zusatztext Praise for Andrea Camilleri and the Montalbano Series “Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano mysteries might sell like hotcakes in Europe! but these world-weary crime stories were unknown here until the oversight was corrected (in Stephen Sartarelli’s salty translation) by the welcome publication of The Shape of Water…This savagely funny police procedural…prove[s] that sardonic laughter is a sound that translates ever so smoothly into English.”— The New York Times Book Review “Hailing from the land of Umberto Eco and La Cosa Nostra! Montalbano can discuss a pointy-headed book like Western Attitudes Toward Death as unflinchingly as he can pore over crime-scene snuff photos. He throws together an extemporaneous lunch of shrimp with lemon and oil as gracefully as he dodges advances from attractive women.”— Los Angeles Times “[Camilleri’s mysteries] offer quirky characters! crisp dialogue! bright storytelling—and Salvo Montalbano! one of the most engaging protagonists in detective fiction…Montalbano is a delightful creation! an honest man on Siciliy’s mean streets.”— USA Today “Camilleri is as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is an investigator.”— The Washington Post Book World “Like Mike Hammer or Sam Spade! Montalbano is the kind of guy who can’t stay out of trouble…Still! deftly and lovingly translated by Stephen Sartarelli! Camilleri makes it abundantly clear that under the gruff! sardonic exterior our inspector has a heart of gold! and that any outburst! fumbles! or threats are made only in the name of pursuing truth.”— The Nation “Camilleri can do a character’s whole backstory in half a paragraph.”— The New Yorker “Subtle! sardonic! and molto simpatico: Montalbano is the Latin re-creation of Philip Marlowe! working in a place that manages to be both more and less civilized than chandler’ Los Angeles.”— Kirkus Reviews (starred) Informationen zum Autor Andrea Camilleri Klappentext "You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven't read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen...transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano."-A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The Shape of Water is the first book in the sly, witty, and engaging Inspector Montalbano mystery series with its sardonic take on Sicilian life. Silvio Lupanello, a big-shot in Vigàta, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. The car happens to be parked in a part of town used by prostitutes and drug dealers, and as the news of his death spreads, the rumors begin. Enter Inspector Salvo Montalbano, Vigàta's most respected detective. With his characteristic mix of humor, cynicism, compassion, and love of good food, Montalbano battles against the powerful and corrupt who are determined to block his path to the real killer. Andrea Camilleri's novels starring Inspector Montalbano have become an international sensation and have been translated into numberous languages. No light of daybreak filtered yet into the courtyard of Splendor, the company under government contract to collect trash in the town of Vigata. A low, dense mass of clouds completely covered the sky as though a great gray tarp had been drawn from one corner to another. Not a single leaf fluttered. The sirocco was late to rise from its leaden sleep, yet people already struggled to exchange a few words. The foreman, before assign- ing the areas to be cleaned, announced that this day, and for some days to come, Peppe Schmmari and Caluzzo Brucculeri would be absent, excused from work. More than excused, they´d been arrested: the previous evening they´d attempted to rob a supermarket, weapons in hand. To Pino Catalano and Saro Montaper...