Andrea Camilleri

Andrea Camilleri has selected 21 short stories, written with his trademark wit and humor, that follow Italy's famous detective through highlight cases of his career....

While trying to break up a fight on Marinella beach, Montalbano 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....

Montalbano investigates the death of wealthy accountant Cosimo Barletta in a case involving a string of mistresses and family secrets....

A "financial wizard" entrusted with the savings of nearly half the retirees of Vigata mysteriously disappears....

One night, Inspector Montalbano dreams of a stormy sea, which he knows represents unease and loss of control....

On a gloomy morning in Vigàta, a call from Fazio rouses Inspector Montalbano from a nightmare. A man called Giugiù Nicotra has been found dead on a construction site....

When Inspector Montalbano falls under the charms of beautiful gallery owner Marian, his longtime relationship with Livia comes under threat....

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....

In the new novel in the transporting New York Times best-selling Inspector Montalbano mystery series, Montalbano finds his answers to a murder in a theatrical play....

With their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri’s classic crime novels continue to win more and more fans in America.....

Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer....

When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator, and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned, only Inspector Montalbano suspects the link between the two incidents....

The lawyer and journalist Matteo Teresi discovers the existence of a secret sect whose members include priests, politicians, and regional VIPs....

When a colleague extends his summer vacation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in Vigàta and endure the August heat....

A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment building early one morning, and an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari....

Two deaths, the suicide of a newly laid-off worker and an unscrupulous businessman found murdered, lead Inspector Montalbano to inspect the Halcyon, a nearly abandoned mysterious ship with no passengers....

Montalbano's latest case begins with a mysterious tête à tête with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and some dying words that lead him to an illegal arms cache....

Early one morning, Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in the village of Vigata, is found dead in his car. Enter Inspector Salvo Montalbano, Vigata's most respected detective....

Set on the Sicilian coast, a collection of eight short stories featuring the young Inspector Montalbano....

Witty and entertaining, the Montalbano novels by Andrea Camilleri—a master of the Italian detective story—have become favorites of mystery fans everywhere....