Angelica's Smile

Inspector Montalbano, Book 17

De: Andrea Camilleri

Narrado por: Grover Gardner

The 17th installment of the beloved New York Times best-selling series that boasts more than 600,000 books in print.

The last four books in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series have leapfrogged their way up the New York Times best seller list, and Angelica's Smile will not disappoint this series' ever-growing fan base.

A rash of burglaries has Inspector Salvo Montalbano stumped. The criminals are so brazen that their leader, the anonymous Mr. Z, startssending the Sicilian inspector menacing letters. Among those burgled is the young and beautiful Angelica Cosulich, who reminds the inspector of the love-interest in Ludovico Ariosto's chivalric romance, Orlando Furioso. Besotted by Angelica's charms, Montalbano imagines himself back in the medieval world of jousts and battles. But when one of the burglars turns up dead, Montalbano must snap out of hisfantasy and unmask his challenger.

©2014 Andrea Camilleri (P)2014 Backstone Audiobooks

ANOTHER GREAT ONE

So far I have thoroughly enjoyed the series. This one is no exception. The writing and reading are equally brilliant. After many hours listening I strangely feel as if I personally know Montalbano and share in his joyful triumphs and feel the pain of his losses. Of course I recommend to one and all adults.

Entire series is top top quality

I fell in love with and started binge listening to this series, starting with The Shape of Water. I can't read Italian, but Santarelli's translations are sublime in their own right as English prose. Gardner is just perfect at delivering the mix of humor and deep feeling that makes Camilleri so moving and special. Or to put it as Gardner has Caterella saying, he's the "Chief! Chief!"