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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Still recovering from his gunshot wound, Inspector Montalbano is feeling the weight of his years, and of his solitude. He's getting softer, more introspective, and critical of his life choices. But if withdrawing from society has become natural of late, he'll soon be forced to interact with others, compelled to intervene as a web of hatred and secrets threatens to squeeze its victims to death. This is Montalbano's most unusual and challenging case...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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...
6) La estación
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Conspiración y aventura en la Estación Central de Milán, desde donde salían los trenes de deportados judíos durante la 2ª Guerra Mundial. Milán, abril de 2003. Riccardo Mezzanotte es un joven inspector de policía que acaba de incorporarse a la Sección de la Policía Ferroviaria de la Estación Central. Tiene una propensión innata a meterse en problemas y comienza a investigar un caso que no parece interesar a nadie: alguien está...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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"--Publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Montalbano wakes from strange dreams to find a gruesomely bludgeoned horse carcass in front of his seaside home. When his men come to investigate, the carcass disappears, leaving only a trail in the sand. Before long, two people report missing horses - Rachele, a champion equestrian, an Lo Duca, one of the richest men in Sicily. Then Montalbano's home is broken into and is ransacked and he is certain that the crimes are linked. As he negotiates the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The new novel in the transporting New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series. 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. CONTINUES TO HOOK NEW READERS: Each book is a welcome invitation for new readers to the ever popular and growing series. IMPRESSIVE SALES TRACK: Five...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Two deaths lead Inspector Montalbano into investigations of corruption and power in the twentieth installment of the New York Times bestselling series. Montalbano 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....
14) The safety net
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"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 1958 to 1963, always on the same day, March 27 and always the same shot; the outside wall of a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Florence, 1965. A man is found dead in his home, a pair of scissors stuck in his throat. Only one thing is known about him - he was a loan shark who ruined and blackmailed the vulnerable men and women who would come to him for help. Inspector Bordelli prepares to launch a murder investigation but the case will be a tough one for him, arousing mixed emotions: the desire for justice competing with a deep hostility for the victim.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A young woman is found dead, her face half shot off and only a tattoo of a sphinx moth giving any hint of her identity. The tattoo links her to three similarly marked girls--all victims of the underworld sex trade--who have been rescued from the Mafia night-club circuit by a prominent Catholic charity. When Inspector Salvo Montalbano delves into the case, his inquiries elicit an outcry from the Church--and soon the three other girls are all missing....
18) Riccardino
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Montalbano receives an early-morning phone call, but this time it's not Catarella announcing a murder, but a man called Riccardino who's dialed a wrong number and asks him when he'll be arriving at the meeting. Montalbano, in irritation, says: "In ten minutes." Shortly after, he gets another call, this one announcing the customary murder. A man has been shot and killed outside a bar in front of his three friends. It turns out to be the same man who...
Author
Series
Storytella volume 90
Publisher
Chun tian chu ban guo ji wen hua you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
中文(繁體)
20) Death in August
Author
Series
Inspector Bordelli mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
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