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August Heat by Andrea Camilleri, is the tenth instalment in the Inspector Montalbano series, adapted as a major BBC4 television series. Montalbano quickly slammed the trunk shut and sat down on top of it. When the beam from Livia's torch shone on his face, he automatically smiled. 'What's in the...

The Overnight Kidnapper is the twenty-third Inspector Montalbano mystery, from the international bestselling author Andrea Camilleri. After a hectic morning involving two rather irritating cases of mistaken identity, Inspector Montalbano finally arrives in his office ready find out what's...

Never has Inspector Montalbano's character – a unique blend of humor, cynicism, compassion, earthiness, and love of good food – been more compelling than in Andrea Camilleri's third Montalbano novel, The Snack Thief. When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an...

Primero de un ciclo de cuatro volúmenes de relatos ambientados en el imaginario pueblo siciliano de Vigàta, también escenario de las aventuras del célebre comisario Montalbano, este libro recoge ocho historias tan perfectas que cada una puede leerse como una pequeña novela.

The Treasure Hunt is the sixteenth gripping novel in Andrea Camilleri's bestselling Inspector Montalbano series. Montalbano opened the door to step out. But Gallo held him back, putting one hand on his arm. 'What's in there, Chief?' 'If it's what I think, it's something so horrific that it'll...

The Other End of the Line is the twenty-fourth Inspector Montalbano mystery from the international bestselling author Andrea Camilleri, and this time migrants and murder are on the Inspector's mind. In Inspector Montalbano’s coastal town of Vigàta, a surge of migrants have been coming in by...

Racconto autobiografico e insieme pamphlet politico, La linea della palma è anche un j'accuse sul mondo a cavallo tra vecchio e nuovo Millennio; una lunga conversazione in cui Camilleri, sollecitato dal giornalista Saverio Lodato, mette a nudo la sua esperienza di scrittore e di uomo di spettacolo, ma anche di uomo impegnato politicamente.

Commissario Montalbanos Vize Mimì hat einen Toten entdeckt - unter mysteriösen Umständen. Kurz darauf geht im Kommissariat ein Anruf ein: Der vermögende Theaterliebhaber Carmelo Catalanotti wurde leblos aufgefunden - in der gleichen Position wie der andere Tote. Während die Ermittlungen im ersten Fall sich als besonders delikat erweisen, ahnt Montalbano im Fall Catalanotti bald, dass dieser als Leiter einer Schauspieltruppe mit ungewöhnlichen Auswahlkriterien Zorn auf sich gezogen hat.

Aufruhr in Vigàta: Eine schwedische Produktionsfirma will in dem Küstenstädtchen einen Film mit Sechzigerjahre-Flair drehen. Zur Vorbereitung der Kulisse werden die Bewohner gebeten, alte Fotos und Filme beizusteuern. Auch Commissario Montalbano erreicht eines Tages ein Paket: Der Ingenieur Sabatello hat auf dem Dachboden mehrere Filme seines verstorbenen Vaters gefunden. Sie zeigen jeweils minutenlang dasselbe Detail einer Mauer, und Sabatello kann sich keinen Reim darauf machen.

The Cook of the Halcyon is the twenty-seventh Inspector Montalbano mystery from the master of Sicilian crime, Andrea Camilleri. Moments later the all-white schooner, which looked like a hospital ship, began to pass ever so slowly before him, as if wanting to show itself off in all its beauty...

Andrea Camilleri's sensational Inspector Montalbano continues in the fourteenth instalment, The Age of Doubt. A chance encounter with a strange young woman leads Inspector Montalbano to Vigàta harbour – and into a puzzling new mystery. The crew of a mysterious yacht – the Vanna – due to...

A Nest of Vipers is the twenty-first novel in Andrea Camilleri's irresistible Inspector Montalbano series. Quite a family, you had to admit! A nest of vipers might be a better description . . . On what should be a quiet Sunday morning, Inspector Montalbano is called to a murder scene on the...

Im sizilianischen Vigàta verschwindet die Geldkassette eines Supermarkts, der von der Mafia kontrolliert wird. Tags darauf findet man den Geschäftsführer erhängt. In einem Apartment wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau aufgefunden. Ihr Liebhaber hat ein wasserdichtes Alibi und ist der Sohn des regionalen Provinzpräsidenten. Während der Polizeipräsident angesichts brisanter Ermittlungsergebnisse einen politischen Skandal befürchtet, hat Commissario Montalbano keine Bedenken, erbarmungslose Täter mit seinen ganz eigenen Methoden in die Falle zu locken.

Andrea Camilleri, el querido maestro de la novela negra fallecido en julio de 2019, escribe una carta a su bisnieta Matilda. En ella repasa los episodios más representativos de su trayectoria personal y profesional junto con los hechos históricos más notables del último siglo.

The Pyramid of Mud is the twenty-second Inspector Montalbano mystery from Italy's finest crime writer, Andrea Camilleri. It's been raining for days in Vigàta, and the persistent downpours have led to violent floods overtaking the Inspector's beloved hometown, sweeping across the land and...

Winner of the CWA international Dagger Award. From the Italian crime legend, Andrea Camilleri, comes The Potter's Field, the thirteenth instalment in the Inspector Montalbano series, adapted as a major BBC4 television series. This edition featuring a stunning redesigned cover. While Vigàta is...

The Wings of the Sphinx is the eleventh book in the wickedly funny Inspector Montalbano series by Italian author, Andrea Camilleri. Things are not going well for Inspector Montalbano. His long-distance relationship with Livia is on the rocks, he feels himself getting even older and he's growing...

Politik und Medien im infernalischen Duett - ein rabenschwarzes Hörbuch um Machtspiele im heutigen Italien...

The Track of Sand is Andrea Camilleri's twelfth outing in the wryly humorous Inspector Montalbano series. Inspector Montalbano rises one morning to find the carcass of a horse on the beach in front of his seaside home. But no sooner do his men arrive, than the body has mysteriously vanished...

The Patience of the Spider is the eighth novel in Andrea Camilleri's wryly humorous Inspector Montalbano series. 'A brother,' he said. Jesus Christ! Now where'd this brother come from? Whose brother? Montalbano had known from the start that between all the brothers, uncles, in-laws, nephews and...