The Shape of Water (Inspector Montalbano, Book 1)
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.
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.
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Community Reviews
This book was introduced to us by our tour guide in Modica, Sicily this January. The series has become the basis for a popular Italian TV show and we actually saw where some of the scenes are filmed!
The story in the first is about a politician who is found dead in a compromising place and the police detective who can't let go the idea that something about the situation is fishy. The pace of the investigation is decidedly not American, and it was kind of entertaining to fall into the Sicilian way of investigating. An entertaining day of reading. Yes, I finished in a little over 4 hrs.
The story in the first is about a politician who is found dead in a compromising place and the police detective who can't let go the idea that something about the situation is fishy. The pace of the investigation is decidedly not American, and it was kind of entertaining to fall into the Sicilian way of investigating. An entertaining day of reading. Yes, I finished in a little over 4 hrs.
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