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Overview

When a colleague extends his summer vacation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in Vigàta and endure the August heat. Montalbano's long-suffering girlfriend, Livia, joins him with a friend-husband and young son in tow-to keep her company during these dog days of summer. But when the boy suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft hidden under the family's beach rental, Montalbano, in pursuit of the child, uncovers something terribly sinister. As the inspector spends the summer trying to solve this perplexing case, Livia refuses to answer his calls-and Montalbano is left to take a plunge that will affect the rest of his life. Fans of the Sicilian inspector as well as readers new to this increasingly popular series will enjoy following the melancholy but unflinchingly moral Montalbano as he undertakes one of the most shocking investigations of his career.

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Art Taylor
…the joys of August Heat arise less from the central plot than from its margins: Montalbano's never-flagging fondness for food, his ruminations on aging and his commentaries on Italian society…Often, the investigation serves as a kind of scaffolding from which to hang skit-length romps…But the occasional absurdity doesn't detract from the novel's myriad pleasures.
—The Washington Post
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Camilleri's 10th mystery to feature Sicilian Insp. Salvo Montalbano (after 2008's Paper Moon) cleverly balances a compelling story line with engaging characters. Urged by his girlfriend, Livia, to find a summer rental for a friend of hers in Vigàta, Montalbano ends up selecting a house with a tainted past. The man who built the house died in a fall soon after its construction, and his 20-year-old stepson, Ralf Gudrun, vanished. After the young son of Livia's friend disappears, Montalbano finds the missing boy, essentially unharmed, but in the process stumbles upon a corpse, later identified as that of an attractive 16-year-old girl who disappeared six years earlier. Suspects include a real estate developer with unhealthy sexual appetites as well as the missing Gudrun. While the solution is less complicated than, say, those Peter Lovesey provides for his similar series sleuth, Peter Diamond, the humor and humanity of Montalbano make him an equally winning lead character. (Mar.)

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780143114055
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 2/24/2009
  • Edition description: Original
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 212,566
  • Series: Inspector Montalbano Series, #10
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.70 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Andrea Camilleri 's Montalbano mysteries are bestsellers in Italy and Germany.

Stephen Sartarelli is an award-winning translator and poet.

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  • Posted May 9, 2009

    The Sicilian Commissario Brunetti

    If you like Donna Leon's stories with Commisario Brunetti and Venice you'll probably also like Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano stories centered in Sicily. A little more down to earth than Brunetti's world, Camilleri also gives you a flavor for the people, food, locale and social atmosphere in which Montalbano's life revolves. Keeps your interest from start to finish with several subplots and various twists and turns.

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  • Posted May 10, 2009

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    Inspector Montalbano always delivers

    We've grown accustomed to Camilleri's voice, and he creates a wonderful and believable picture of the Inspector in his piece of Sicily. I hope that we can read more in this series and eventually see the adaptation on TV!

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