Andrea Camilleri

«Può un omo, arrivato oramai alla fine della sua carriera, ribellarsi a uno stato di cose che ha contribuito a mantenersi?». Il commissario Montalbano sente il peso degli anni. E della solitudine.

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....

Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri’s crime novels are classics of the genre....

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

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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 Vigàta in that time....

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....

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....

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

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

Before leaving for vacation with Livia, Montalbano witnesses a seagull doing an odd dance on the beach outside his home - and then the bird suddenly drops dead....

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'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....

Montalbano si lascia incantare dal gabbiano morente dalla finestra della sua casa di Marinella, ma fa presto a dimenticarlo. Sta infatti per andare in vacanza con Livia che è già giunta a Vigàta. Manca solo Fazio, il più fedele e puntuale dei suoi uomini.

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....