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Format : Paperback
ISBN-13 : 9781509858217

August Heat:
The lazy, slow month of August at the height of the Sicilian summer is, Inspector Montalbano assures his girlfriend Livia as they prepare for a relaxing holiday.

The Paper Moon:
As he gets older, Inspector Montalbano is plagued by existential questions. But he doesn't have much time to wax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a man.

The Patience of the Spider:
Chief Inspector Montalbano is on enforced sick leave.

Rounding The Mark:
Increasingly disillusioned with his government and the world in general, Inspector Montalbano is considering retirement.

The Scent of the Night:
When an angry octogenarian holds a terrified and lovelorn secretary at gunpoint.

Excursion to Tindari:
A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment building early one morning, and an elderly couple is reported missing.

The Voice of the Violin:
Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer.

The Snack Thief:
When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast.

The Terracotta Dog:
opens with a mysterious tête-à-tête with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and some dying words.

The Shape of Water:
The goats of Vigàta once grazed on the trash-strewn site still known as the Pasture. Now local enterprise of a different sort flourishes.