Salvo Montalbano mysteries

Author:
Camilleri, Andrea
 
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Star rating for The shape of water
Series Volume:
1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Star rating for The terra-cotta dog
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2.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Star rating for The snack thief
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3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for Voice of the violin
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4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for Excursion to Tindari
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5.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Sicily's Inspector Salvo Montalbano investigates two seemingly unrelated crimes--the murder of a young Casanova and the mysterious disappearance of an elderly couple during an excursion to Tindari.
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Star rating for The smell of the night
Series Volume:
6.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for Rounding the mark
Series Volume:
7.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Two seemingly unrelated deaths take Inspector Montalbano deep into a secret world of illicit trafficking in human lives, and the investigation tests the limits of his physical, psychological, and moral endurance.
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Star rating for The patience of the spider
Series Volume:
8.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for The paper moon
Series Volume:
9.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for August heat
Series Volume:
10.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for The wings of the Sphinx
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11.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for The track of sand
Series Volume:
12.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Inspector Salvo Montalbano investigates the intersection between the world of legitimate horseracing and the Mafia when a bludgeoned horse carcass is left in front of his seaside home.
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Star rating for The potter's field
Series Volume:
13.
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
An unidentified corpse is found near Vigàta, a town known for its soil rich with potter's clay. Meanwhile, a woman reports the disappearance of her husband, a Colombian man with Sicilian origins who turns out to be related to a local mobster. Then Inspector Montalbano remembers the story from the Bible-- Judas's betrayal, the act of remorse, and the money for the potter's field, where those of unknown or foreign origin are to be buried-- and slowly,...
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Star rating for The age of doubt
Series Volume:
14.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
One night, Inspector Montalbano dreams of a stormy sea, which he knows represents unease and loss of control. The next day, a boat is found in the port of Vigata, and within it, the body of a disfigured corpse. The waterfront has also drawn in an eighty-five-foot luxury boat passengered by fifty carefree souls and a somewhat shadowy crew. They will have to stay in Vigata until the investigation is over--the man, it seems, was poisoned. However, right...
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Star rating for The dance of the seagull
Series Volume:
15.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for Treasure hunt
Series Volume:
16.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"In Treasure Hunt, Montalbano is hailed as a hero after news cameras film him scaling a building-- gun in hand-- to capture a pair of unlikely snipers. Shortly after, the inspector begins to receive cryptic messages in verse from someone challenging him to go on a 'treasure hunt.' Intrigued, he accepts, treating the messages as amusing riddles-- until they take a dangerous turn" -- from publisher's web site.
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Star rating for Angelica's smile
Series Volume:
17.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Star rating for Game of mirrors
Series Volume:
18.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"In Game of Mirrors, Inspector Montalbano and his colleagues are stumped when two bombs explode outside empty warehouses-one of which is connected to a big-time drug dealer. Meanwhile, the alluring Liliana Lombardo is trying to seduce the Inspector over red wine and arancini. Between pesky reporters, amorous trysts, and cocaine kingpins, Montalbano feels as if he's being manipulated on all fronts. That is, until the inspector himself becomes the prime...
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Star rating for A beam of light
Series Volume:
19.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"When Inspector Montalbano falls under the charms of beautiful gallery owner Marian, his longtime relationship with Livia comes under threat. Meanwhile, he is also troubled by a strange dream as three crimes demand his attention: the assault and robbery of a wealthy merchant's young wife, shady art deals, and a search for arms traffickers that leads him deep into the countryside, where the investigation takes a tragic turn"--Page 4 of cover.
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Star rating for A voice in the night
Series Volume:
20.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"Two deaths lead Inspector Montalbano into investigations of corruption and power in the twentieth installment of the New York Times bestselling series. [He] investigates a robbery at a supermarket, a standard case that takes a spin when manager Guido Borsellino is later found hanging in his office. Was it a suicide? The inspector and the coroner have their doubts, and further investigation leads to the director of a powerful local company. Meanwhile,...
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Star rating for A nest of vipers
Series Volume:
21.
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
"Montalbano investigates the death of the wealthy Cosimo Barletta in a case that involves a ring of mistresses and family secrets"--
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Star rating for The pyramid of mud
Series Volume:
22.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
On a gloomy morning in Vigata, a call from Fazio rouses Inspector Montalbano from a nightmare. A man called Giugiu Nicotra has been found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site--a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods. Shot in the back, he had fled into a water supply system tunnel. The investigation gets off to a slow start, but all the evidence points to the world of construction and public contracts,...
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Star rating for The overnight kidnapper
Series Volume:
23.
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
"The day gets off to a bad start for Montalbano: while trying to break up a fight on Marinella beach, he hits the wrong man and is stopped by the Carabinieri. When he finally gets to the office, the inspector learns about a strange abduction: a woman was abducted, drugged, and then released unharmed a few hours later. A few days later, the same thing happens again. The only link between the two events is that both women are thirty years old and work...
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Star rating for The other end of the line
Series Volume:
24.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"The new novel in the irresistible New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series. A wave of refugees has arrived on the Sicilian coast, and Inspector Montalbano and his team have been stationed at port, alongside countless volunteers, to receive and assist the newcomers. Meanwhile, Livia has promised their presence at a friend's wedding, and the inspector, agreeing to get a new suit tailored, meets the charming master seamstress Elena...
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Star rating for The safety net
Series Volume:
25.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"The new novel in the transporting New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series. Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. In the production frenzy, the director asks the locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of Vigata in that time. Engineer Ernesto Sabatello, while rummaging in the attic of his house, finds some films shot by his father from...
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Star rating for The Sicilian method
Series Volume:
26.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"In the new novel in the transporting New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series, Montalbano finds his answers to a murder in a theatrical play. Mimi Augello is visiting his lover when the woman's husband unexpectedly returns to the apartment; he climbs out the window and into the downstairs apartment, but one danger leads to another. In the dark he sees a body lying on the bed. Shortly after, another body is found, and the victim...
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Star rating for The cook of the Halcyon
Series Volume:
27.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Two deaths, the suicide a newly laid-off worker and an unscrupulous businessman found murdered, leads Inspector Montalbano to inspect the Halcyon, a nearly abandoned mysterious ship with no passengers."--
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Star rating for Riccardino
Series Volume:
28.
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"The long-awaited last novel in the transporting and beloved New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano series"--

29.  Montalbano's first case and other stories

 
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30.  Death at sea: Montalbano's early cases

 
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