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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. Engineer Ernesto Sabatello, while rummaging in the attic of his house, finds some films shot by his father from 1958 to 1963 - always on the same day, March 27; and always the same shot, the outside wall of a country house. Montalbano hears the story and, intrigued by the mystery of it, begins to investigate its meaning.

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, only Inspector Montalbano, with his keen insight into human nature, suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished housecleaner and occasional prostitute, whose young son steals other schoolchildren's midmorning snacks.

Early one morning, Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in the village of Vigata, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. The car happens to be parked in a rough part of town frequented by prostitutes and drug dealers, and as the news of his death spreads, the rumors begin. Enter Inspector Salvo Montalbano, Vigata's most respected detective, who has his doubts about the way Silvio died.

One night, Inspector Montalbano dreams of a stormy sea, which he knows represents unease and loss of control. The next day, a boat is found in the port of Vigàta and within it, the body of a disfigured corpse. The waterfront has also drawn in an 85-foot luxury boat passengered by 50 carefree souls and a somewhat shadowy crew. They will have to stay in Vigàta until the investigation is over: the man, it seems, was poisoned. However, right now, it is the yacht’s owner and sailors Montalbano is focused on.

Il commissario Montalbano indaga tra l'immaginaria Vigàta e Tindari, il promontorio a picco sul mare "col piccolo, misterioso teatro greco e la spiaggia a forma di una mano con le dita rosa". Un triplice omicidio è avvenuto - un giovane dongiovanni che viveva al di sopra dei suoi mezzi apparenti, due anziani pensionati seppelliti in casa che improvvisamente decidono una gita a Tindari. Li collega, sembra, solo un condominio.

Una mattina viene trovato nel porto di Vigàta un canotto, all'interno il cadavere sfigurato di un uomo. L'ha riportato a riva un'imbarcazione di lusso, 26 metri, abitata da una disinvolta cinquantenne e da un equipaggio con qualche ombra. Proprietaria e marinai devono trattenersi a Vigàta fino alla fine dell'inchiesta sul morto (ammazzato col veleno, stabilisce l'autopsia), ma intanto è proprio su di loro che Montalbano vuole indagare.

Inspector Montalbano enjoys simple pleasures - delicious food, walks along the water, the occasional smoke - yet these are just the backdrop to his duties as a detective. His latest case is the killing of the wealthy Cosimo Barletta. Thought to be a widower living out a quiet life by the sea, Cosimo's sudden death by gunshot to the neck opens up his past to scrutiny. What Montalbano uncovers is Cosimo's trove of salacious photographs, used to extort young women, and a history full of greed and corruption.

This latest installment in the Inspector Montalbano series finds Montalbano in search of his missing right-hand man. 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. Stopping in at his office for a quick check before heading off, he notices that Fazio is nowhere to be found and soon learns that he was last seen on the docks, secretly working on a case.

In 1980s Vigata, a restless Inspector Montalbano brings his bold investigative style to eight enthralling cases. From jilted lovers and deadly family affairs to assassination attempts and murders in unexpected places, Death at Sea is the perfect collection to escape into Andrea Camilleri's unforgettable slice of Sicily.

A "financial wizard" entrusted with the savings of nearly half the retirees of Vigata mysteriously disappears with the money and a young man who worked for him. In a rather atypical case for Montalbano, the inspector finds himself initially shut out of the investigation by the ever hostile commissioner Bonetti-Alderighi, and forced to work from the shadows.

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 in a mountain cave. There the inspector finds two young lovers, dead for 50 years and still embracing, watched over by a life-sized terra-cotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him on a journey through Sicily's past and into a family's dark heart.

Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spider pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in Rounding the Mark, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit he’s ever hunted.

Su un terreno nei dintorni di Vigàta, buono solo per ricavarne creta per i vasai, viene trovato il cadavere di un uomo. Sfigurato, squartato, chiuso in un sacco affiorato dopo una forte pioggia. Non si sa chi sia lo sconosciuto, ma nel frattempo una donna del paese denunzia la scomparsa del marito, un colombiano di origini siciliane, imbarcato su navi di lungo corso che fanno la spola tra il Sud America e l'Italia.

La calda e fascinosa voce di uno dei migliori attori italiani, Luigi Lo Cascio, racconta una torbida inchiesta del celebre commissario, un delitto spietato in una casa di periferia di Vigata e tutto sembra condurre alla pista passionale. Il commissario, tuttavia, non si lascia ingannare dalle apparenze. Più pensieroso e malinconico del solito, Montalbano è stretto in mezzo a due donne forti e insidiose. Bellissime ed entrambe possibili assassine.

Il commissario ha appena il tempo di convocare i suoi uomini e il cavallo è sparito, rimane solo il segno del corpo sulla sabbia. Quello stesso giorno una donna "forestiera", Rachele Estermann, denuncia al commissariato di Vigata il furto del suo cavallo mentre nelle scuderie di Saverio Lo Duca, uno degli uomini più ricchi della Sicilia, un altro purosangue è svanito nel nulla. Lo scenario della vicenda è il mondo delle corse clandestine, passatempo preferito di una certa aristocrazia terriera che scommette forte.

The lawyer and journalist Matteo Teresi discovers the existence of a secret sect whose members include priests, politicians, and regional VIPs. During the early morning hours, when the town’s churches are closed, the "Sect of the Angels" meets in the sacristy to carry out their holy office: initiating devout virgins into the rites of married life. Preying on their victims’ naivete, the hooded "elect" commit ignominious acts while promising the young women divine grace. In 1901, at a time of immense changes in Sicilian society, the scandal breaks nationwide.

Interest in Andrea Camilleri's taciturn but epicurean inspector is at an all-time high. And with three of the last five novels in the series, including the award-winning The Potter's Field, hitting the New York Times bestseller list, this latest installment is certain to up the ante and win over a multitude of new fans. In Treasure Hunt, Inspector Montalbano is hailed as a hero after news cameras film him scaling abuilding, gun in hand, to capture a pair of unlikely snipers. Shortly thereafter the inspector begins to receive cryptic messages in verse from someone challenging him to a treasure hunt. Intrigued, he accepts, treating the messages as amusing riddles - until they take a dangerous turn.

En una cálida noche siciliana, tras nadar un buen rato en las tranquilas aguas que se remansan a escasos metros de su casa a orillas del mar, Salvo Montalbano emerge de la oscuridad con las ideas más claras: la solución del caso le ronda las narices, así que sólo es cuestión de paciencia y método, para lo cual nada mejor que relajarse antes con algún manjar preparado por Adelina, su fiel asistenta.

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. Non è tornato a casa, il cellulare è muto; il timore diventa allarme. Il commissario ripercorre le più recenti tracce di Fazio: è stato visto per l'ultima volta al molo, aveva appuntamento con un vecchio compagno di scuola, un ex ballerino finito nei pasticci.

«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. A meno che delitto cruento non venga considerato lo splendore di vite costrette a consumarsi e a sprecarsi nell'odio.